Emerging From Currents And Waves

Description

"What is fabulous about art and music is that you can both ask questions and bring ideas to light." These words are from Swedish composer Jesper Nordin, who does exactly that in Emerging from Currents and Waves. A large-scale piece for orchestra, solo clarinet, conductor, and live electronics, Emerging from Currents and Waves is a collaboration between Nordin, Martin Fröst, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. All three are interested in how new technologies can and will influence art and artistic expression, as well as exploring the intersection of humanity, music, and technology. Emerging from Currents and Waves is composed of three parts, with the central focus being Emerging. Electronics and acoustics meet on equal footing. The sound of the orchestra is recorded live, sampled, processed, and reproduced, as part of processes controlled by the soloist and conductor using motion sensors. The technology used is Gestrument (from "gesture" and "instrument"), originally invented by Nordin as a composition tool, but here used more as an instrument.