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- Emily Howard
Ada sketches (2011)
(for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and percussion)- Peters Edition Limited (World)
Commissioned by Soundings at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London.
A short dramatic scena for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble that imagines an inner world of mathematician Ada Lovelace.
- Mz + 1.0.1.0/perc
- Mezzo-soprano
- 7 min
- Laura Tunbridge
- English
Programme Note
In this short dramatic scena, Lovelace explores a mathematical equation as solved by Charles Babbage's hypothetical 1842 Analytical Engine, a prototype for the world's first computer. As she works, a musical solution to the equation gains a life of its own, causing Lovelace to contemplate her own position in history.
Media
https://www.col-legno.com/en/shop/20419-platypus-selected-works-vol-iii
Film of the Barbican Life Rewired Performance (2019) Performed by Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Britten Sinfonia conducted by William Cole.
Ada sketches: Emily Howard in conversation with Andrew McGregor
