NCU
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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 maximally reinforces otherwise untunable infrasonic difference tones through the juxtaposition of individually tunable harmonic ratios. Throughout the piece, the collectively reinforced difference tones gradually descend from 20 Hz to 1 Hz.