THE TREMOR OF TIME (2025)

THE TREMOR OF TIME (2025)

for accordion, percussion and double bass

ensemble: acc, perc, db
duration: 14 minutes
world premiere: August 17, 2025
Kumaus Festival, Lappeenranta, Finland
Kumaus Trio: Janne Valkeajoki, Lauri Pekkarinen and Helka Seppälä

Commissioned by Kumaus Festival

THE TREMOR OF TIME

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THE TREMOR OF TIME: Full recording
August 17, 2025
Kumaus Festival, Lappeenranta, Finland
Kumaus Trio: Janne Valkeajoki, Lauri Pekkarinen and Helka Seppälä
©2025 by Kumaus Festival
THE TREMOR OF TIME: Full recording
August 17, 2025
Kumaus Festival, Lappeenranta, Finland
Kumaus Trio: Janne Valkeajoki, Lauri Pekkarinen and Helka Seppälä
©2025 by Kumaus Festival

ABOUT

THE TREMOR OF TIME explores the perception of time through fragile textures and restrained gestures. Scored for accordion, percussion, and double bass, the piece focuses on subtle resonances, bow pressure, and friction-based sounds. Rather than marking time through rhythm, the music stretches and distorts it, inviting the listener to tune into the smallest sonic shifts. Soft, delicate sounds hover at the edge of audibility, shaping a space defined by stillness and tension. A single, sudden climax interrupts this suspended flow, heightening contrast and altering the sense of time that surrounds it.

Vito Žuraj

THE TREMOR OF TIME explores the perception of time through fragile textures and restrained gestures. Scored for accordion, percussion, and double bass, the piece focuses on subtle resonances, bow pressure, and friction-based sounds. Rather than marking time through rhythm, the music stretches and distorts it, inviting the listener to tune into the smallest sonic shifts. Soft, delicate sounds hover at the edge of audibility, shaping a space defined by stillness and tension. A single, sudden climax interrupts this suspended flow, heightening contrast and altering the sense of time that surrounds it.

Vito Žuraj