Works

Curl (2010, rev. 2013), 10″

for flute, harp, and electronics
commissioned by Hanna Kinnunen and Lily Marlene Puusepp of defunensemble
premiered 9.3.2010, Helsinki.
2017 winner of Society for Electroacoustic Music ASCAP Prize


Hanna Kinnunen, flute
Lily Marlene Puusepp, harp
Timo Kurkikangas, Anders Pohjola: electronics

In mathematics, “curl” denotes the amount of rotational flow at a given point in a vector field. Curl addresses some of the same preoccupations as Cusp (2009), reconciling stasis, motion, fluency, discontinuity, and elasticity of time. The work employs both prerecorded sound files and live sound processing, and the harp part is ideally performed on an electroacoustic concert harp.