- Jesper Nordin
2nd Retrospective (2017)
(for orchestra and live electronics)- Henry Litolff’s Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (World)
Percussion: Gran Cassa and Tam-tam (both with chains and/or drum sticks added for rattling effect). Live Electronics: Use microphones on all or part of the orchestra as your sound source and treat the material according to the instructions. Feel free but make sure to not drown out the orchestra
Programme Note
Retrospectives 1 - 4 is a series of orchestral pieces where I go back to earlier material and look at it in a different way. I do this mostly by re-composing existing material through my technology Reactional Music where I can import the ”musical DNA” of a piece and then see what else can be obtained from the same material.
At the writing of the first piece in this series 2016 (commissioned for the inauguration of the new Campus for the Royal College of Music in Stockholm) it was fifteen years since I graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2001. When I graduated it was fifteen years since I first started playing music in a local punk band in 1986. Therefore my graduation from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm marked half time of my active musical life, and that seemed like a good starting point for a new series of pieces that focus on retrospection and self-reflection.
More Info
- Jesper Nordin’s Four Restrospectives for orchestra
- 15th February 2024
- On February 22, four Retrospectives by Jesper Nordin will be performed by Västerås Sinfonietta under the baton of Simon Crawford-Phillips in Konserthus, Västerås, Sweden. 2nd Retrospective and 4th Retrospective will receive their world premiere.