Description
Nowadays, in the times of smartphones and digital gadgets, we don't have to worry so much about winding our timepieces. There's no need to keep the pendulum moving and the clocks ticking. As the title suggests, this work is a journey inside a clockwork. The world of different-sized gearwheels, springs and winding knobs is a fascinating and complex labyrinth: all the little parts work together, producing the familiar tick-tock sound. Like a grandfather's clock, this piece starts with a heavy ticking sound of 60 beats per minute. The exploration of the mechanics continues, and all the new tempos and rhythms are in some relation to the original ticking seconds. The end is like a swan song for the soon-obsolete world of clockwork.
Tomi Räisänen, 2008/2023
Instrumentation
db, acc
Category
Chamber Works
Premiere
First performance on September 27, 2008, in Lübeck, Germany by John Eckhardt, contrabass and Eva Zöllner, accordion
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