Product Description
Composed 2017. One of a series of fourteen accompaniments to
texts published between the years 1886 and 1899.
Duration 30:00
For narrator and ensemble
Text from the novella by H.G. Wells (1866
- 1946) published in 1895
The subtitles for each of the six
movements are:
Part 1 - the Model
Part 2 - the Journey
Part 3 - the Eloi
Part 4 - the Morlocks
Part 5 - the Eclipse
Part 6 - the Ghost
'The Time Machine' is a science
fiction novel by Herbert George Wells, published in 1895. H. G. Wells is commonly credited with the
popularisation of the concept of time travel - using a vehicle that allows an operator
to travel intentionally and selectively backwards or forwards in time.
Ensemble instrumentation:
Keyboard(s) - accordion, organ,
glass harmonica, vibraphone, piano, toy piano, etc.
Flute or tenor/bass recorder
Violin or viola or violincello.
Wine glass 1 tuned to Bb
Wine glass 2 tuned to C - ideally a
minor seventh below wine glass 1
Handbells, three players using bows
and beaters:
Voice or guitar (acoustic, electric
or bass guitar)
Percussion - Suspended cymbal, low
drum(s), whirly tube(s), found resonant instruments, plastic bag(s), singing
bowl, guiro(s)
There is no overall score. Performers (except percussion) play from a
series of graphic scores. The percussion
parts are written in more traditional notation.
It is not necessary for the ensemble
to contain all the instruments. If all instruments are available then the
ensemble may vary the instrumentation, or omit instruments, for each of the
movements, or within movements.
The dynamic balance between players
should be sympathetic to the forces available. This may mean, for example, that
an accordion is muted or sited away from the other players. Effects such as
reverberation or distortion may be applied to the instrumental sounds. Variety
of expression is encouraged.
The narrators text readings must
each have a duration of under five minutes.For each of the six movements the
ensemble begins playing one minute after the speaker. It is allowed for the
movements to be performed as single pieces, and without the narration.
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