{"id":5562,"date":"2022-09-05T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5562"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:57:01","slug":"karim-al-zand-music-strange-machines-string-quartet-no-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5562","title":{"rendered":"Karim Al-Zand: Music: Strange Machines (String Quartet No. 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strange Machines (String Quartet No. 4)<\/h2>\n
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Wintergatan Marble Machine
Martin Molin (www. wintergatan.net)
Photo: Samuel Westergren (www.wepix.se)<\/p><\/div>\n

S<\/span>trange Machines<\/i> imagines three quirky musical automata. In Alberti Machine<\/i> we encounter a steam-punk music box, its buttons, levers and dials adjusting a familiar accompanimental pattern until the machine breaks. Bach meets Rube in Goldberg Machine<\/i>, a contraption that careens between variations in a musical chain reaction. Mannheim Machine<\/i> is a clich\u00e9-bot, an unhinged device that furiously spits out distorted musical tropes from the dawn of the symphony.<\/p>\n

Strange Machines<\/i> was written for the Barlourdet Quartet<\/a> with support from a Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

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purchase score & parts<\/span><\/h4> <\/span>Learn More<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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DATE
\n2022<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

DURATION
\n12 minutes<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

INSTRUMENTATION
\n2 violins, viola, cello<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

COMMISSION
\nChamber Music America<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

PREMI\u00c8RE
\n2022\u20132023 season<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

MOVEMENTS
\n1. Alberti Machine
\n2. Goldberg Machine
\n3. Mannheim Machine<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

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AUDIO<\/p>\n

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SCORE
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VIDEO<\/p>\n