The composer Ton Bruynèl (1934-1998) was a pioneer in the field of Dutch electronic music. His composition teacher Kees van Baaren used the twelve-tone technique, but Bruynèl was more attracted to musique concrète. In his private studio he discovered the many possibilities of electronic music. To make it more interesting for himself and his audience, he combined electronic music recorded on a
… tape with live instruments. Besides a documentary from 1976 in which Bruynèl lets the viewer experience how he came to his compositions, this DVD contains his last composition Non Sono Un Uccello: he died three weeks after the broadcast of this video opera. The tragic explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986 inspired this work. In this beautiful Gesamtkunstwerk of image (Fred van Dijk), poetry (Bert Schierbeek) and sound (Bruynèl), man's fascination with flying is portrayed in a fairytale-like manner, and how this longing - just as in the Icarus myth - also leads to its fall. can lead. Above all, Non Sono Un Uccello pays homage to the art of flying and its pioneers. (SvdP)more
