Musical Clocks
Duration
60 mins
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Premiere Concert
27th Nov 2023, Sadler's Wells ​
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Premiere Performers ​
Bassoon and Director - Leo Geyer
Guzheng - Xitong Wang
Violin - Xander Croft
Double Bass - Toby Hughes
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Leo Geyer was commissioned by the Science Museum to create a programme of music to celebrate the Zimingzhong Clocks (Chinese musical clocks) exhibition at the Science Museum. The programme included a selection of reimagined works as well as new composition A Clock Through Time, based on a melody from one of the exhibited clocks.
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Leroy Anderson – The Syncopated Clock
Haydn – Symphony no. 101 (The Clock), Mvmt 2
Zoltán Kodály - Viennese Musical Clock from Hary Janos
Beethoven - Pieces for a Mechanical Clock
Geyer - A Clock through Time
Constella Music performed the concert as part of the Science Museum's Chinese New Year "Lates Event". Click here to read a blog about the project. ​
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