Phi — Full Orchestra

$250.00

Instrumentation: Full orchestra

Duration: 5–8 minutes each (complete set approx. 45 minutes)   |   Advanced

Recorded: Budapest Film Orchestra, The Mental Cartographer (Hoyer Media, 2021)

What's included: Full scores + parts (PDF)

Description: From the time of the ancient world, human civilization has celebrated the special mathematical ratio called The Golden Proportion. Mathematicians use the greek symbol Phi to indicate this special number. Scientists have discovered the presence of this ratio throughout the natural world and it is an unavoidable part of being alive. This work unfolds, like the shell of a nautilus, with each section adding to the prior music in perfect proportion.

The work is featured in the Embodied Listening Kit Echoes of Deep Symmetries

Instrumentation: Full orchestra

Duration: 5–8 minutes each (complete set approx. 45 minutes)   |   Advanced

Recorded: Budapest Film Orchestra, The Mental Cartographer (Hoyer Media, 2021)

What's included: Full scores + parts (PDF)

Description: From the time of the ancient world, human civilization has celebrated the special mathematical ratio called The Golden Proportion. Mathematicians use the greek symbol Phi to indicate this special number. Scientists have discovered the presence of this ratio throughout the natural world and it is an unavoidable part of being alive. This work unfolds, like the shell of a nautilus, with each section adding to the prior music in perfect proportion.

The work is featured in the Embodied Listening Kit Echoes of Deep Symmetries

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As recorded in 2019 by Peter Pejtsik and the Budapest Film Orchestra.