A Journey to The Bermuda Triangle

After Karoonyavanich has seen her favourite seaview painting by Romain Steppe (1859-1927) for the first time, she was directly inspired and started to write “A Journey to The Bermuda Triangle”.

This work consists of 4 sections: The Storm, The Graveyard, The Kingdom of Mermaids and The Escape.

The concept of the opening is influenced by Chopin’s Etude Op.25 No.11 “Winter Wind” which begins with a calm melodic theme. Then it turns immediately into the agitated and energetic movement representing the calm ocean that turns wild.

The storm has taken away many pilots and sailors’ life’s, they say people who survive from the storm were able to see the ruined of the victims at the grave yard. This movement of “Graveyard” sounds mysterious and dreadful.

The following section “The Kingdom of Mermaids” repeats the storm theme and builds up gradually with solo’s to finally have a big climax reflecting the beauty of the Kingdom of Mermaids. According to one of the legends of the Bermuda Triangle, mermaids exist there and trick the sailors with their beautiful voice and appearance then take away all their souls. Some sailors realized that they were tricked and try to escape.

Unfortunately, none of them could ever return back home. This section ‘The escape’ begins with low brass solos and gets more intense until the climax at the end honouring all the Bermuda Triangle’s victims.