Description: Contents: Preludes and codas; Part I Visions: Meet the composer: Kaija Saariaho in conversation with Tom Service; From the air to the earth: reading the ashes, Daniel March; Dreams about music, music about dreams, Anni Oskala. Part II Narratives: Stories from the mouth: flautists, bodily presence and intimacy in Saariaho's flute music, Taina Riikonen; Capturing time and giving it form: Nympha, Michael Rofe; Whispers from the past: musical topics in Saariaho's operas, Liisamaija Hautsalo. Part III Dialogues: Dualities and dialogues: Saariaho's concertos, Tim Howell; Dichotomies, relationships: timbre and harmony in revolution, Vesa Kankaanp; Networks of communication: (de)crystallization and perceptual zoom in Du Cristal, Jon Hargreaves; Bibliography; Index.

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