PSR 1957+20 (Black Widow)

Instrumentation — amplified contrabass clarinet & modular synthesizer + tape

Year — 2023

Duration — 24'

Material — score (version: 04/2023) + recording

Program notes — PSR B1957+20 is an eclipsing “black widow” binary pulsar located in the Milky Way: a rapidly spinning neutron star - or pulsar - , with very tight orbits, slowly consuming its companion star — the later being literally evaporated by the powerful outflows of high-energy particles.

Première — 24/03/2023 - Heni Hyunjung Kim | NMZentrale - Essen (DE) 

PSR 1957+20 (Black Widow)

Instrumentation — amplified contrabass clarinet & modular synthesizer + tape

Year — 2023

Duration — 24'

Material — score (version: 04/2023) + recording

Program notes — PSR B1957+20 is an eclipsing “black widow” binary pulsar located in the Milky Way: a rapidly spinning neutron star - or pulsar - , with very tight orbits, slowly consuming its companion star — the later being literally evaporated by the powerful outflows of high-energy particles.

Première — 24/03/2023 - Heni Hyunjung Kim | NMZentrale - Essen (DE)