Nordin CONVERGENCE - PHASE ONE

NORDIN

Convergence – Phase One

for Solo Violin, Orchestra and Electronics

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Convergence – Phase One JESPER NORDIN

for Solo Violin, Orchestra and Electronics

(2021)

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INSTRUMENTS

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2 Flutes

2 Oboes

2 Clarinets in B-

2 Bassoons

2 Horns in F

2 Trumpets in C

Percussion (2 players):

1) Snare drum, Piatto Sospese (”Ride Cymbal”-type) and Vibraphone (played with mallets and bow)

2) Piatto Sospese (played with bow), large Gran Cassa and three mid to large Tom-toms

Solo Violin

(amplified and used to control the live electronics)

Violin I

Violin II

Viola

Violoncello Contrabass

Duration: c. 15 minutes

Quarter tone notation

Live Electronics

All live electronics in this movement are controlled by the soloist and the conductor with the help of audio tracking (Solo Violin) and a Kinect motion sensor camera (Conductor). There are five types of electronics which work as follows:

Distortion on Virtual Solo Violin

- Distortion on the Solo Violin, balanced by sound engineer

Virtual Tremolo Orchestra

- A Virtual Orchestra (generated by the Gestrument/Reactional Engine) is controlled by the playing of the Solo Violin through the use of audio tracking of pitch, rhythm and intensity. Global volume is balanced by sound engineer.

Distortion on Virtual Orchestra

- Distortion on the Virtual Tremolo Orchestra, balanced by sound engineer

Virtual Rumbling Resonance

- A Virtual Rumbling Resonance (generated by the Gestrument/Reactional Engine) is controlled by the playing of the Solo Violin through the use of audio tracking of pitch, rhythm and intensity. Global volume is balanced by sound engineer.

Triggered Sound Files

- Two categories of sound files triggered from the computer. The two different sorts of files are ”Attacca Sound Files” which are recordings of percussive hits inside of a Grand Piano and ”Electric Guitar Drone” which are longer distorted drones.

Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Music Director), and the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation

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Jesper Nordin

Jesper Nordin (b. 1971) studied at the Royal College in Stockholm, at IRCAM in Paris with Philippe Leroux and later with Brian Ferneyhough at Stanford University, where he carried out research at the CCRMA Studio. Electronic elements, folk, rock and improvisation inform his music. Conductors Daniel Harding, Kent Nagano, François Xavier Roth, have collaborated with Nordin; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Finnish and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras, and Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain have performed his music. Nordin was composer in residence at P2 (classical channel of Swedish Radio), who released the CD Residues (2006). He has also released an iOS app - Gestrument - based on his own composition technique, and used worldwide to create music in genres including Electronica, Techno and Jazz.

Jesper Nordin (*1971) studierte an der Königlichen Musikhochschule in Stockholm, bei Philippe Leroux am IRCAM-Institut in Paris und später bei Brian Ferneyhough an der Stanford University. Dort forschte er auch am CCRMA-Studio für Elektronische Musik. Die Verwendung elektronischer Mittel hat seine musikalische Sprache entscheidend geprägt; weitere Einflüsse kommen aus den Bereichen Volksmusik, Rockmusik und Improvisation. Seine Werke wurden von Klangkörpern wie dem BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, dem Finnischen und Schwedischen Radio-Sinfonieorchester, dem Asko-Ensemble und dem finnischen ZagrosEnsemble aufgeführt. Er war Composer-in-Residence bei P2, dem Klassiksender des Schwedischen Rundfunks, der 2006 auch sein Album Residues mit Orchester- und Chorwerken veröffentlichte. Im Jahr 2005 war er für die Komponistentribüne der UNESCO nominiert.

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