Fantasia No. 1 (String Octet)
Music of this video is "Fantasia No. 1" and is a tune KATO Yuitiro created in 2008. A fantasia is a tune that has free composition. The style of this tune is more like Renaissance counterpoint, which is represented by Palestrina, than baroque counterpoint, which is represented by BACH. The performance of this tune is due to computer music that is based on MIDI. The kind of this tune is chamber music, or string octet: Composition of musical instruments is 4 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos.
The painting of this video is Ferdinand Victor Eugene DELACROIX's "The Entombment of Christ": The lying man is Jesus Christ; The left woman in front is the Virgin Mary; The man losing heart in front is John the Apostle.
Newer: Fantasia No. 2 (String Quartet)
Older: Passacaglia No. 2 (Organ)