Nordin EMERGE

NORDIN

Emerge for Clarinet, Orchestra and Gestrument

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JESPER NORDIN

Emerge

for Clarinet, Orchestra and Gestrument

(2017)

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EDITION PETERS

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BESETZUNG/ORCHESTRATION

2Flutes

2Oboes

2Clarinets

2Bassoons

2 HornsinF

2TrumpetsinC

Percussion

Large Gran Cassa, three mid to large tom-toms, large tam-tam and vibraphone (played with bow)

SoloClarinet

GestrumentcontrolledwithKinectmotionsensor

ViolinI

ViolinII

Viola

Violoncello

DoubleBass

Quartertonenotation

When you stand very closely to something that is transforming - a butter y emerging from its cocoon or the emergence of completely new phenomena like social networks or virtual reality - you can seldom understand what it will become just by looking at it. You might be able to imagine some of the implications, but you will not know for sure until afterwards. Music, art, culture and the society at large is in a state of transformation at the hands of technology, and we who stand in the middle have very limited possibilities of predicting the outcome.

The amazing thing with art is that you can ask questions and paint visions at the same time. Where is music and art heading? Can the endless possibilities of technology become a bridge to the depth of tradition? Can we use emerging technologies to democratize expression while still choosing excellence over amateurism? How can the immense scope of potential in technology coexist with our limited physicality?

Emerge is the start of a collaboration between soloist Martin Fröst and composer Jesper Nordin where they delve into the possibilities of emerging technologies in music. With the help of other musicians, orchestras and artists from other elds they will create visions of the future of music.

Jesper Nordin has with his own invention Gestrument (gesture-instrument) created a way to perform music with movements and gestures in any style of musical expression. In Emerge, Martin Fröst gets to perform not only by playing on his clarinet and by leading the orchestra, he also gets to control a virtual orchestra with his movements. This digital orchestra that is heard together with him and the other live musicians orchestra is played by Martin Fröst in realtime and adds comments and contrast to the orchestra and the soloist.

Co-commissionedbyTheSwedishRadioSymphonyOrchestra, OrchestraPhilharmoniquedeRadioFrance,IRCAM/CentrePompidou, SaintPaulChamberOrchestraSociety,OsloCamerata, RoyalStockholmPhilharmonicandSwedishChamberOrchestra

Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 12 Min. Aufführungsmaterial leihweise erhältlich / Orchestral material is available for hire

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Bassoon1

Bassoon2

HorninF1

HorninF2

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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 and 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 IRCAMInstitut 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 Berei-chen 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 Zagros-Ensemble aufgeführt. Er war Composer-in-Residence bei P2, dem Klassiksender des Schwedi-schen 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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