Niels Rosing-Schow: Echoes of Fire (1989/95)

Niels Rosing-Schow

Echoes of Fire (1989/95)

for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, bass trombone, percussion, violin & violoncello

Dur. c. 10′

SCORE

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Niels Rosing-Schow

Echoes of Fire (1989/95)

for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, bass trombone, percussion, violin & cello

Dur. c. 10′

NOTE

Echoes of Fire is a condensation of the music for the chamber opera Fire with a libretto by the Danish writer Sanne Bjerg. Not only does the title refer to the opera, the gloomy music also clearly reflects the opera’s setting and plot. The story takes place in a burning city, where passions flare up with fatal consequences.

INSTRUMENTATION

Flute (doubling Piccolo and Alto Flute in G)

Bass Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet in C

Bass Trombone*

Percussion

3 wood blocks

3 temple blocks

2 bongos

5 toms

3 low-pitched rototoms

3 susp. cymbals (small, medium, large)

1 (large) sizzle cymbal

1 tam

Bass drum (w. pedal)

Vibraphone

Violin Cello

* The trombone part can be played by a bassoon. In this case a few adjustments to the dynamics are needed.

The score is notated in the relevant transpositions.

Echoes of Fire

Niels Rosing-Schow

(roto drums)

(bass drum)

(tam-tam)