Commissioned for the Beatty Classical Guitar Competition, Washington DC, as the set work for 2009, ‘Pulsar’ is so named after beams of light, from a rotating starlike body, that appears to blink as it spins. As the piece opens a single note repeats and Vincent LindseyClark captures the heartbeat of this distant and recursive celestial event.
This performance was recorded on the 29th April 2019 and is published here with the composer's permission.