The Harmonic Canon: Dominic Murcott (CD)

Winner of the 2018 BASCA British Composer Award for Solo or DuoA music project featuring a specifically design half-tonne double bell, an array of rare percussion and two highly virtuosic percussionists.“Bloody hell that was good” Tim McKinney, BBC Radio 3Watch The Harmonic Canon in action: dominicmurcott.com/harmoniccanonCreated in collaboration with sculptor Marcus Vergette, The Harmonic Canon is both the name of the piece and the double bell that was custom-made for it. Comprising of two bells tuned a semitone apart, the bell was created using Finite Element Analysis, a type of structural analysis that determines the vibration patterns of the bell, manipulating its harmonic series to create a complex series of frequencies that make up a note. The result is a sound world that straddles consonance and dissonance, murky and clear, pure and distorted. Parts of the bells are in tune with each other, while others are out of tune, creating a unique ‘beating’ between the bells. Oh – and did