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Aquarium

2008

Oil on Belgian linen, 122 x 137 cm

The music

Composer: Max Reger (1873-1916)
Works: Violin concerto op.101 (1907-1908)
Suggested performance: Dresden Staatskapelle (orchestra), Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Manfred Scherzer (violin) (recording label: Berlin Classics (1996))

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This is a painting which, in its transparent colours and forms, brings the mystery and secrets of the Oceanic depths. The Angel is playing on a Theorbo - a stringed musical instrument used in the Baroque (17th/18th century), which is able to play very deep bass notes. One needs to deepen oneself into these glass-like forms, so as to hear the Song of the Ocean...