by Richard Elen
25 November 2009
Sunday 22 November saw the performance of a seldom-performed avant-garde composition from the 1920s – George Antheil’s Ballet mécanique, a cacophony of electric bells, sirens, aircraft propellers, percussion, piano and one or more synchronised player pianos. This occasion featured the version for single player piano, performed by Rex Lawson on the Pianola. Here’s some of the background to the piece and the performance.
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by Richard Elen
14 November 2009
Leading British folk musicians Coope Boyes and Simpson provide the music in this overview of the University of Oxford’s First World War Poetry Digital Archive in Second Life. This three-and-a-half-minute segment is the closing sequence from the 10 November edition of the TV programme “Designing Worlds”, produced by Treet.TV.
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