Piano Trio "The Chronophage" 鋼琴 三重奏

湯姆-庫爾特（Tom Coult）的鋼琴三重奏《Chronophage》的核心是加速、減速和時間的不一致性。在這部長達 17 分鐘的作品中，大提琴和鋼琴的線條不斷相對加快或減慢，而小提琴只有一個角色--全程加速。聆聽者會感到變速的笨拙，因為以前可靠的時間分界線顯得不穩定，甚至不安全。三重奏的副標題來自劍橋的靠山鐘（The Corpus Clock），這只鐘正是利用了這種感覺。這台時鐘每五分鐘精確一次，但每秒之間的跳動並不均勻，其研磨機制由被稱為'Chronophage'（源自希臘語，意為'時間吞噬者'）的可怕金屬昆蟲擒縱機構驅動"

作曲家: Coult, Tom
樂器: Cello, Piano, Violin
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Acceleration, deceleration, and the inconsistent nature of time are at the heart Piano Trio "The Chronophage" by Tom Coult. Throughout the 17-minute work, cello and piano lines constantly speed up or slow down relative to one another, whilst the violin has only one role – to accelerate throughout. The listener feels clunky gear changes, as previously reliable demarcations of time seem unsteady – even unsafe. The trio’s subtitle comes from The Corpus Clock in Cambridge, a clock that plays with exactly this perception. Completely accurate every five minutes, the clock lurches unevenly from second to second, the grinding mechanism driven by the terrifying metal insect escapement known as the ‘Chronophage’ (from the Greek meaning ‘time-eater’).