The 1st work for flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, keyboard, violin, viola, and cello; the 2nd work for cello, double bass, and 4 samplers; the 3rd work for clarinet, horn, trombone, cello, double bass, and electronics; the 4th work for English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, cornet/flugelhorn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass; the 5th work for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, violin, viola, and cello; the 6th work for flute, oboe clarinet, bassoon/contrabassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass. Title from disc label. Works commissioned by the Science Museum as composers' responses to objects in the museum's collection. Aurora Orchestra (Jane Mitchell, flute ; Thomas Barber, oboe, English horn ; Tom Lessels, clarinet, bass clarinet, sampler ; Adam MacKenzie, bassoon, contrabassoon ; Stephen Stirling, horn ; Simon Cox, trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn ; Peter Moore, trombone ; John Reid, keyboard ; Scott Lumsdaine, percussion ; Alexandra Wood, Florence Cooke, violin ; Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola ; Nathaniel Boyd, David Lale, Clare O'Connell, cello ; Ben Griffiths, double bass ; Ian Dearden, live electronics) ; Nicholas Collon, conductor. Recorded 2015 May 10-14 All Saints Church, Tooting, London. Booklet with program notes in English by the composers and Dr. Tim Boon (23 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Power play / Thea Musgrave (6:35) -- Supermarine / Christopher Mayo (12:08) -- 2TwoLO / Claudia Molitor (11:42) -- Coachman Chronos / David Sawer (9:14) -- The one-armed pianist / Gerald Barry (6:49) -- "Mr. Babbage is coming to dinner!" / Barry Guy (9:10).
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