Quantum Dances : For Clarinet, Violin and Piano (2010).

Contents: 1. The trace of the Big Bang is low-level microwave radiation -- 2. Electrons not only have independent orbits, but they have two types of spin -- 3. Photons and their antiparticles have no charge, and hence are the same -- 4. Cold dark matter, denser and heavier than visible matter -- 5. As one gets to ever smaller distances, particles become vibrating strings -- 6. The Universe exists in many more dimensions than the four we usually experience -- 7. Invisible Gamma Rays are constantly passing through substantial matter -- 8. Higgs Field. Where particles gain mass -- 9. A particle and ant-particle collide and disappear -- 10. The Color force between quarks actually increases with distance -- 11. A charmed quark is heavier than a proton (which is made of three quarks!). With program notes. Written for and dedicated to the Anatolian Trio. Duration ca. 14 minutes.

1 score (31 p.) + 2 parts (2x7 p.); 33 cm.
Language: English