Gurdjieff / Hartmann – The Struggle of the Magicians | Music for the Esoteric Ballet

#music #violin #gurdjieff Gurdjieff / Hartmann – The Struggle of the Magicians | Music for the Esoteric Ballet 00:00 — Act III: Before Rossula’s Decision to Go to the Sorceress 01:53 — Act III: Tibetan Dance 04:07 — Dance in G Minor 07:13 — Fragment No. 4 11:54 — Act V: When Gafar and Zeinab Walk in a Somnambulistic State 16:11 — The Very Sweet Time Fragments of music associated with The Struggle of the Magicians, the symbolic ballet conceived by G. I. Gurdjieff, with music by Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann. The Struggle of the Magicians occupies a fascinating place in Gurdjieff’s creative legacy. Conceived as a ballet in two acts, it was intended to communicate ideas not only through words, but through music, movement, rhythm, gesture, and symbolic action. At the heart of the ballet lies the idea of an inner struggle — a confrontation between different forces acting upon the human being, and the possibility of awakening from an ordinary, mechanical state of existence. Its imagery belongs to the mysterious world that surrounds much of Gurdjieff’s early work: schools of wisdom, sacred dances, hidden knowledge, ritual, transformation, and the search for a different level of consciousness. Music played an essential role in this world. Gurdjieff’s musical ideas, developed in collaboration with composer Thomas de Hartmann, brought together echoes of Eastern melodies, sacred traditions, folk music, and Western classical language, creating a musical landscape unlike almost anything else of its period. This recording presents selected fragments of music for The Struggle of the Magicians — traces of an extraordinary theatrical vision in which sound, movement, symbolism, and spiritual ideas were conceived as parts of a single whole. Performed by Anna Konoplyova You can also find us on: iTunes -   / violin-soundscapes   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XUCE... SoundCloud -   / violin_soundscapes   Facebook -   / 1750961958717801   X - https://x.com/Art_From_Anna Pond5 - https://www.pond5.com/ru/artist/zenvi...