Tempus Fugit
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Tonight, we'll enjoy some "time" inspired works to help the evening hours pass quickly. Nikolaus Harnencourt leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam in Haydn's "Clock" Symphony, which gets its name from the pendulum-like theme in the second movement.
We couldn't get through the evening without probably the most famous piece of time music, Leroy Anderson's "Syncopated Clock." Also, music from the 16th century in William Byrd's "The Passing Measures" and John Dowland's "Stay Time." Pianist Neely Bruce provides excerpts from William Duckworth's 1979 experiment in musical time manipulation, the "Time Curve" Preludes.
We couldn't get through the evening without probably the most famous piece of time music, Leroy Anderson's "Syncopated Clock." Also, music from the 16th century in William Byrd's "The Passing Measures" and John Dowland's "Stay Time." Pianist Neely Bruce provides excerpts from William Duckworth's 1979 experiment in musical time manipulation, the "Time Curve" Preludes.
