Listening (Kaija Saariaho, From the Gramm of Dreams)

After listening to this piece I felt that Sarriaho was influenced by the government run electronic lab. Even though the piece doesn't have a larger electronic aspect I feel that the electronic sounds are replaced by the voice. I pitch of the voice goes up and down like those of synthesizer's. Also she says words that span over several measures and slide down from a higher pitch. I thought that it was interesting how the theme of this piece is death. I felt that it was very similar to George Crumb's work. It was similar because the voice seemed to be amplified and changed pitched rapidly.