Composition
for clarinet, string quartet, and piano (2023)
International Contemporary Ensemble—Emmalie Tello, clarinet; Josh Modney, violin; Yezu Woo, violin; Wendy Richman, viola; Ashley Walters, ‘cello; and Jacob Greenberg, piano
commissioned by Hear Now Ursula Krummel 2024; premiered at FRANKIE as part of Hear Now Music Festival 2024
The ensemble accesses and maximally reinforces high, otherwise untunable difference tones through the accumulation and juxtaposition of individually tunable harmonic ratios. Throughout the piece, the collectively reinforced difference tones gradually descend from 22 Hz to 1 Hz.
[excerpt from end of Mvt. I to end of entire piece]
I, River; or Digital Noise, Analog Spectrum
II, Interfacial Biune Feedback [0m55s]
III, 8:7 Spiral Feedback [5m25s]
IV [10m40s]
for ‘cello, percussion [re-tuned vibraphone, re-tuned crotales, and tundersheet], and electronics (2023)
Oliver Herbert, ‘cello; Haruka Fujii, percussion; Andrew Moses, electronics
commissioned by Oliver Herbert; premiered at Kwai Tsing Theatre in Hong Kong 2023