Cantus temporum: The Music of the Clock
January 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Music of the Clock
Cantus temporum: Paul Bentley-Angell, Matthew Champion, Louisa HunterBradley, Grantley McDonald, Daniel Thomson, Quin Thomson
In 1321, St Catherine’s monastery in Rouen installed a clock whose mechanical bells played the Advent hymn Conditor alme siderum (Dear Creator of the Stars) before the striking of the hour. Over the coming centuries, musical clocks appeared across Europe, crossed the Atlantic to the Americas, and travelled with the Jesuits into Asia. In collaboration with the Australian Research Council project ‘The Sounds of Time’, this program explores the melodies that were played on these remarkable and innovative devices,
Thursday January 16, 3pm
St Mary’s Anglican Church, 430 Queensbury Street, North Melbourne
Entrance by donation