Water Adagio - Wine Glass Music

Robert Tiso performs the Water Adagio with musical glasses.

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Wine glass music has been performed for almost 3 centuries. The mesmerizing tones are produced by a strange musical instrument called glass harp, also known as musical glasses, angelic organ, seraphim, glass spiel, harpe de verre, and other curious names.
The unique sound of this instrument inspired Benjamin Franklin to create the Glass Harmonica, one of his many inventions, included in some works by Mozart, Beethoven, Donizzetti and many others...

The Water Adagio is simple a renditition of the very beginning of Bach's violin concerto n° 2 in E Major - Adagio - 2nd movement.
The first phrase of this adagio is very evocative, it was brilliantly used by Pierpaolo Pasolini in his movie "Il vangelo secondo Matteo" for the scenes in which Jesus Christ performed his miracles.

The tone oscillations are created by gently tilting the instrument so the water in glasses moves changing its level.
At 2:30 of this video there is a unique acoustic effect, the harmonics of the two tones clash together creating an intriguing glissando overtone. It sounds a bit like a short whistle in the high frequencies. This effect is very rare and happens only by chance. Although it might seem like a recording interference of some kind, it was lucky to get it on this clip... Enjoy!!!

Видео Water Adagio - Wine Glass Music канала roberttiso