music        news/events        bio        contact        recordings Unhinging 1979 piccolo 2 trumpets percussion   bass drum, tam-tam  2 violins doublebass electronics  duration 12' two things set this piece in motion: the use of ring-modulation in Stockhausen's Mantra, and a painful student cello recital which offered resoundingly (and oddly bracing) out-of-tune intonation throughout its entire duration