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- Arne Nordheim
Flashing (1986)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Mogens Ellegaard
Programme Note
FLASHING was written between 1985-86 for the distinguished Danish accordionist Mogens Ellegaard. A work of virtuoso proportions, as indicated by its title, it is a reworking of material taken from the cadenza of Spur, a 1974 composition for solo accordion and orchestra. In Flashing, the composer explores what he describes as the “interesting possibilities” of the instrument, such as its ability to sustain notes in crescendo or diminuendo (which compares to the human voice), its variety of register (likened to the organ), and attacks which can be quite metallic. Nordheim relates his interest in the accordion to his work in electronic music.