Niels Rosing-Schow
FlashNight / …aus Atmen… / Empreintes du temps for flute & cello
during the development of …aus Atmen…
Artistic collaboration since 2005
Premieres, recordings and works written for flute and bass flute.
About the collaboration
A long-term artistic collaboration with Danish composer Niels Rosing-Schow, developed through performance, recording and close instrumental dialogue.
Spanning solo flute, bass flute, chamber music, electronics and ensemble writing, the collaboration explores breath, resonance, spatial listening and the transformation of acoustic sound.
The project includes …aus Atmen…, composed for the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition and later recorded for Dacapo Records, as well as FlashNight, a spatial concerto for bass flute, electronics and ensemble.
Composer: Niels Rosing-Schow…aus Atmen…
…aus Atmen… grew out of a close composer-performer dialogue around breath, resistance, colour and instrumental response.
Written for the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition and later recorded for Dacapo Records, the work reflects a collaboration where performance practice and compositional imagination developed in direct exchange.
Empreintes du temps
Written for flute and cello and dedicated to Hélène Navasse, Empreintes du temps explores microtonal inflections, quarter-tones and subtle transformations of timbre. The work unfolds through a fluid perception of musical time and a close dialogue between the two instruments.
The work belongs to a broader cycle in which Rosing-Schow develops ideas inspired by French spectral music, where colour, resonance and the internal life of sound become structural elements of the composition.
for flute and cello
written for Havamal
FlashNight · Dacapo recording
Spatial setup
FlashNight places the bass flutist behind the ensemble, transforming the traditional concerto relationship. Sound emerges from within the orchestra rather than in front of it.
The bass flute is amplified through specially designed resonators placed inside the piano and percussion instruments, creating an extended resonant body between flute, electronics, piano, percussion and ensemble.