Event listing: Harrison’s Clocks – Alasdair Beatson | Kings Place: Hall One | Wed 14 Nov 2018 at 20:00

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Kings Place: Hall One90 York Way, London, Greater London, N1 9AG, United Kingdom

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In a bespoke programme for Time Unwrapped, Alasdair Beatson has devised a playful exploration of metre and mechanism. His ingenious collage of reconstructed fragments contrasts the miniature toccatas of Beethoven and Ligeti with visions of the infinite by Schumann, Messiaen and Kurtág, alongside evocative sounds of dawn, distant bells and the nocturnal whispers of insects. The intricate, virtuosic mechanisms of Birtwistle’s Harrison’s Clocks will punctuate the recital like the chiming of the hours.

This event is part of the Time Unwrapped 2018 at Kings Place.

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Mysterious and glittering machines from Alasdair Beatson

Benjamin Poore, 16th November

Alasdair Beatson presented a dazzling programme of 20th-century piano music, with Harrison Birtwistle at its centre.

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Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Bagatelle in A flat major, Op.33 no.7
Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934-2022)	Harrison's Clocks V
Ligeti, György (1923-2006)	Musica Ricercata (Nos. 3 & 7)
Kurtág, György (b. 1926)	Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé)
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus (Regard du Temps)
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Kinderszenen, Op.15 (Kind im Einschlummern)
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Nocturne no. 9 in B minor, Op. 97
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)	Out of Doors Suite (Szabadban), Sz 81 (Night Music)
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Gesänge der Frühe, Op.133 (No. 1)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Miroirs: La Vallée des cloches
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Three Canons for Ursula: Canon A