)
search-1
search-1 Search
Located in the UK Located in the UK
    Located in the USA Located in the USA
      Located in Europe Located in Europe
        • Jesper Nordin

        • Emerge (2017)
          (for clarinet solo, orchestra and gestrument)

        • Henry Litolff’s Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (World)

        Gestrument: virtual orchestra controlled by motion sensor, https://gestrument.com/

        Composed for Martin Fröst. Co-commissioned by The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, IRCAM/Centre Pompidou, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society, Oslo Camerata, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

        • cl + 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/perc/str
        • Clarinet
        • 12 min

        Programme Note

        When you stand very closely to something that is transforming - a butterfly 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?

        Scores