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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)

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© Paul Pape / Robert Buehler

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Paul Pape©_Copyright_Projekt_Repelling Attractors-14-min Raphaël Languillat
Paul Pape©_Copyright_Projekt_Repelling Attractors-16-min Raphaël Languillat
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© Paul Pape / Robert Buehler

© Paul Pape / Robert Buehler

© Paul Pape / Robert Buehler

© Paul Pape / Robert Buehler

© Paul Pape / Robert Buehler

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)