• Jesper Nordin
  • Moirai (2006)
    (for percussion and orchestra)

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

Composed for Mika Takehara and commissioned by Västerås Sinfonietta

  • perc + 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/2perc/pf/str
  • Percussion
  • 19 min

Programme Note

The title Moirai comes from the Greek mythology where it is the name of the three godesses of fate: Klotho - whose name meant 'Spinner', spinned the thread of life. Lachesis - whose name meant 'Apportioner of Lots', measured the thread of life. Atropos, whose name meant 'She who cannot be turned', cut the thread of life. The concerto is partly based on an earlier collaboration between Mika Takehara and Jesper Nordin – the piece Klotho, for marimba, cello and percussion ensemble that Mika Takehara premiered with Åsa Strid and the percussions ensemble Kroumata.

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