Programme notes:

“rotor” is the embryo in a series of works based on the idea of rotation. The point of departure was inspired by the “rotorelief” by Marcel Duchamps: 12 graphical spirals in the size of gramophone records supposed to be “played” on your home stereo. These hypnotical mobiles suggest contemplation and have descriptive titles such as “eclipse totale”, “spirale blanche” and “poisson japonaise”. The oval, unequal and distorted visual movements in time, finds its equivalents through crippled repetitions of asymmetrical rhythms and microtones. Besides “rotor” the series consists of “root” for percussion solo, “rotor 2” for trombone and percussion, “toro” for theorbo and I am about to finish “relief” for ensemble. Yet more to come? Ivo Nilsson