ABSTRACT
The form of the piece follows the large stanzaic structure of the poem: it includes a prologue and eight sections corresponding to the poem's seven stanzas and tornada. knowledge of medieval musical practices, and the author's own analytical background, preferences, and goals. The concept of techne for Heidegger embeds this idea of a reality emerging from practice: people's specific ways of encountering the world are a bringing-forth of its reality. The analysis focuses on the techne of radiance in Lonh, that is, on how the formal design of radiance emerges from the processes of musical sounding. In recent years the term and concept of techne has been recycled from Ancient Greek thought within the philosophy of technology. The analysis of Saariaho's Lonh here focuses on the most crucial factors contributing to the formal design of radiance. Finally, the last stage of his analysis demonstrates how the interacting planes of luminance, flickering, and intensity produce the overall property of radiance.
