Review: ‘The Clocks’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met

Puts took the pleasure of using repetitive figures from Glass’s Minimalism as a kind of sonic carpet, but its repetitions are much less insistent. The opera begins in a watery haze with a chorus that simultaneously floats and precisely sings parts of Woolf’s classic opening line: “Mrs. Dalloway said he’d buy the flowers himself.” As …

From Working on Clocks to Writing About Clocks

BIRMINGHAM, England — Rebecca Struthers, British watchmaker and restorer earned his doctorate in horology In 2017, he’s trying his hand at something a little different: He’s writing a book. “Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History” is a look at the history, art, and science of horology, including some of his experiences with watches he wrote …