Electroacoustic

AILES

2024

for female voice, viola and electronics

11'

wind rustling through

2023

for prepared flute and electronics

7'

Flutist Sofia Gantois has made a wonderful research into the inner, most silent and secret sounds of the flute. Through her findings she has created a separate tube she calls the whirly tube that is placed inside the foot joint of the flute. With the whirly tube one can create very soft and beautiful multiphonic timbres as well as play the overtones in a soft wind-like sound quality. For me a possibility to work with Sofia and step into the world of these very subtle and fragile new timbres was a fantastic journey.

In wind rustling through I combine my research into textures with the new timbral discoverings by Sofia. The piece begins with rattling noises that I created with the aid of computer assisted orchestration by using a recorded human voice as a timbral model. This fragile opening movement with the title Jazzy - Chatty is a sort of monologue where the original message loses its meaning and has become speech-like quirky musical gestures. In the 2nd movement called Calm – Singing the hidden inner world of timbre surfaces. Almost the opposite of the dense beginning, time stands still to unfold into slowly evolving timbral change. I had in mind the wind that blows through a resonating object, where even the slightest change in direction or density of the gust, the timbre would change naturally and organically.

The version for prepared flute and electronics is built around a poem by Chika Sagawa Shapes of Clouds translated into English by Sawako Nakayasu. The electronics multiply, reflect and juxtapose the amplified flute creating another delicate web of connections and crossroads between the acoustic and electronic worlds.

SHAPES OF CLOUDS

Pushing through an arch of silver waves,
A procession of people pass through.

Broken-down memories sparkle
Above the rocks, the trees, and the stars.

A wrinkled curtain by the window
Is gathered, then torn apart.

A single garland swaying
In the radiant light made by the city of marble.

Every day, fingertips thin like leaves
Are drawing maps.

— Chika Sagawa — translated by Sawako Nakayasu

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9'

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2020

for contrabass clarinet and electronics

16'

Ina Donna

2019

for four female voices (SSSA), electronics, lights and video

14'

Freedom from Fear

2017

for oboe, electronics and lights

12'

...sicut aurora procedit

2015

for violin and electronics

17'

Aina on tänään - It is always today

2015

radioplay for 2-24 channels

28'

Earthship

2015

for ensemble and fixed media

10'

Après tel février

2013

for female voice and electronics

5'

Borrowed Tunes: 1. Dead Man Theme

2011

for electric cello and electronics

9'

Trois Mondes

2011

for organ and electronics

18'

Orlando-fragments

2010

for female voice, ensemble and electronics

23'

winnowing

2010

for piano and electronics