Basic information
| Composer |
Nilsson, Ivo |
| Duration |
17 min. |
| Year of composition |
1999 |
| First performance (year) |
2001 |
| First performance (venue) |
Kulturhuset |
| First performance (performers) |
KammarensembleN |
| Submitter |
KammarensembleN |
| Publisher |
Swedish MIC |
| Conductor |
Obligatory |
| Soloist(s) |
, |
Instruments
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Musicians |
1st player |
2nd player |
| Violin | 2 | | |
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| Viola | 1 | | |
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| Cello | 1 | | |
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| Double-bass | 1 | 4-string | |
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| Flute |
1 |
C
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| Oboe |
1 |
Oboe
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| Clarinet |
1 |
B-flat
A
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| Bassoon |
1 |
Bassoon
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| Horn (F) |
1 |
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| Trumpet |
1 |
B-flat
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| Trombone |
1 |
Tenor
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Musicians |
Instruments |
| Percussion |
1 |
Other
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| Harp |
1 |
- |
| Keyboard |
1 |
Piano
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| Other instruments and playing techniques |
| 12 pitches tuned a quarter tone lower on harp and piano |
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Equipment |
| Sound electronics |
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| Visuals |
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Notes
| Programme notes |
ROTORELIEF is the title of twelve visual spirals on six discs that Marcel Duchamps printed
in 1935. The idea was that they should be ”played” on a grammophone in order to achieve
three-dimensional mobiles. As in the double meaning of the word ”relief”, this effect is
supposed to be both visual and transcendental.
When I saw the spirals in action for the first time, my immediate reaction was: What should
they sound like? So I decided to follow my imagination in writing a piece for each one of
them. The titles of the refiefs, as well as the movements in my suite, are:
Verre de bohême
Montgolfière
Spirale blanche
Lampe
Lanterne chinoise
Poisson japonaise
Cerceaux
Cage
Oeuf à la coque
Èclipse totale
Escargot
Corolles
The ROTORELIEF suite was extracted from a whole evening project comissioned by
Rikskonserter, which was premiered at Kulturhuset in Stockholm in 2001.
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| Technical specs |
The full version of the piece (about 50 min) also include a reciter reading the texts (rhytmically integrated with the music) that are found on the reliefs in the film Anémic-Cinéma by Marcel Duchamps and Man Ray. He is also playing amplified table objects. The piece can be started up by showing the film (7min.).
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