Harmonic Fantasy No. 6 - for Soprano Saxophone and Fixed Media

Composer's Note:

The fixed media part of Harmonic Fantasy No. 6 is pure overtone music, consisting entirely of individually specified overtones of lower fundamentals, which are not always apparent until the tone has sounded for several seconds. There are some passages in which as many as 24 overtones are present, where they create more of an impression of continuously shifting timbres. Overtones are presented either as complex envelopes or are attacked separately. The clarinet is used over its entire three-octave plus range, often with leaps between octaves. The clarinet usually plays fundamentals of the tones sounding, but sometimes it plays overtones, particularly in the highest register. The piece was written in 2022, and the electronic part was generated by the Csound program.