In this new study by MONOM, the works of four classical masters are taken as points of departure. MONOM reinterprets their essential spirit, representing the images evoked by them in the freedom offered by spatial sound. Each piece by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Debussy, and Delibes — composers whose music shaped the sonic imagination of the Western canon — becomes a short sonic film, accessing a rich domain of cultural memory that the work has acquired over time and bringing in fresh associations.
By reimagining these classical works through the instrument of omnidirectional sound, space itself becomes a compositional parameter and the pieces are transformed into immersive environments. Rather than treating these works as untouchable monuments, MONOM approaches them as living structures, inviting them into dialogue with contemporary tools. A piano recording can be processed by the movement of a wave, a violin by a chorus of birds. Invisible sounds become hyperreal, holographic, invoking an environment that for all its untouchability feels indelibly real.
Selecting Antonio Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and Léo Delibes Flower Duet from Lakmé, this work by MONOM spans five centuries and the various impulses of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Impressionist composition. The four pieces that make up Classics Reimagined were recomposed and spatialized by Paul Behnam, Louis McGuire, and William Russell at MONOM Studio.
This December, Slowness invites you to experience spring in the midst of winter within the omnidirectional sound space of Reethaus.
