Andreas Vollenweider - Treasures of the Archives – Pygmalion
🎵Treasures of the Archives – Part 21:
Memories of
✨“Pygmalion“ | Zürich, 2020✨
"October 2020.
A date of global significance.
We had just released our album Quiet Places and my first novel ‚Im Spiegel der Venus‘, when the coronavirus struck.
Fortunately, we managed to give a private concert at the Millers Studio in Zurich, Switzerland, only days before the lockdown, and were still able to celebrate both releases.
The song ‚Pygmalion‘ is dedicated to a story from Greek mythology that centres on imagination as the most important force in the creation of reality.
The sculptor has no luck with women and therefore shapes the woman of his dreams from white marble, naming her Galatea.
He falls so deeply in love with his creation that Aphrodite, the goddess of love, takes pity on him and brings Galatea to life.
The song emerged from a free improvisation with Isabel Gehweiler and can be found on the album Quiet Places." – Andreas