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Using the model of the orrery itself I am creating and devising new work to represent some of the ideas that shaped our thinking about astronomy and astrology around the time of the Enlightenment.
Personnel
Orrery augments Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Joshua Blackmore with
- Graham Clark - violin
- Tony Kofi - baritone saxophone
- Jan Kopinksi - tenor saxophone
- Deborah Jordan - voice
- Julian Siegel - bass clarinet
- Alex Suckling - trumpet