Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

Overview – Music Sections according to Richard Strauss

The topic of my project Alpensinfonie is the embedding of individual coloured hearing of music into the multiplicity of cross-sensory perception, associations, thinking, etc. A variety of associations and implications of meaning continuously occurs in mind during daily life, in example when walking in the mountain area or listing to music.

My intention is to pick out the interaction of the disparate and often contradictory aspects of perception, imagination and thinking as a central theme. How do these aspects merge, or do they just exist in parallel?

With reference to Richard Strauss’ symphonic poem Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64, twenty-two assemblages try to exemplify the disparate aspects which always swirl in mind.

Details of each Music Section of Alpensinfonie

1.  Nacht (night) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Nacht (night)

2.  Sonnenaufgang (sunrise) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Sonnenaufgang (sunrise)

3.  Der Anstieg (the ascent) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Der Anstieg (the ascent)

4.  Eintritt in den Wald (entry into the forest) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Eintritt in den Wald (entry into the forest)

5.  Wanderung neben dem Bache (wandering by the brook) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Wanderung neben dem Bache (wandering by the brook)

6.  Am Wasserfall (at the waterfall) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Am Wasserfall (at the waterfall)

7.  Erscheinung (apparition) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Erscheinung (apparition)

8.  Auf blumigen Wiesen (on flowering meadows) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Auf blumigen Wiesen (on flowering meadows)

9.  Auf der Alm (on the alp) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Auf der Alm (on the alp)

10.  Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (meandering through thickets and undergrowth) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (meandering through thickets and undergrowth)

11.  Auf dem Gletscher (on the glacier) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Auf dem Gletscher (on the glacier)

12.  Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (dangerous moments) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (dangerous moments)

13.  Auf dem Gipfel (on the summit) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Auf dem Gipfel (on the summit)

14.  Vision (vision) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Vision (vision)

15.  Nebel steigen auf (mists rise) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Nebel steigen auf (mists rise)

16.  Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (the sun gradually becomes obscured) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (the sun gradually becomes obscured)

17.  Elegie (elegy) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Elegie (elegy)

18.  Stille vor dem Sturm (calm before the storm) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Stille vor dem Sturm (calm before the storm)

19.  Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (thunderstorm and tempest, descent) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (thunderstorm and tempest, descent)

20.  Sonnenuntergang (sunset) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

20.  Sonnenuntergang (sunset)

21.  Ausklang (quiet settles / epilogue) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

Ausklang (quiet settles / epilogue)

22.  Nacht (night) – Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) by Michael Haverkamp. Acrylic on canvas, photo, objects. 2021.

22.  Nacht (night)