The Ghost in the Machine

The Ghost in the Machine 

Emily Baines – recorder
Arngeir Hauksson – lute

This performance by Emily Baines and Arngeir Hauksson brings to life the fascinating and effervescent performance style found (perhaps unexpectedly) in eighteenth-century mechanical musical instruments. It contains transcriptions of music found in eighteenth-century barrel organs and musical clocks, allowing us to see well-known pieces afresh through the prism of these wondrous machines!