Fie Schouten - bass clarinet
Buy download, CD 
https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/track/calling-2015-calliope-tsoupaki-2
Calling was composed by Calliope Tsoupaki (NL/GR) for me in 2015. The work is a musical expression of the fight against whaling in the exhibition of visual artist Fiona Tan. It is a lamento in which the sea, looking out over the ocean, plays an important role and personal sadness is expressed as well.

Calliope Tsoupaki: "you create a magical space with your sound, almost plastic, tangible and sensual"

© Copyright 2015 by Stichting Donemus Beheer
webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/20141
online lesson on the piece Gallery of Tones by Fie Schouten:
https://galleryoftones.com/courses/fie-schouten-extended-bas-clarinet-techniques-in-contemporary-compositions-calliope-tsoupaki-calling/

Nature

Calling (2015) - Calliope Tsoupaki

live uitvoering van Abbemuseum 22 sept 2014
Elisa Roep sopraan
Fie Schouten klarinet / contrabasklarinet
Eva van de Poll cello

van Abbe 22-9-2013 

Jonathan Harvey - Chu (2002)

Fie Schouten - basklarinet
J.S. Bach - Cellosuite nr1 Prelude
opname Arjan van Asselt
locatie Schuilkerk de Hoop, Diemen
febr 2022

Bach

DUO (1988) - Theo Loevendie
Fie Schouten - bass clarinet
recording Arjan van Asselt
location Schuilkerk de Hoop
Label: Trytone [TT0559-093] release 2022
buy download
https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/album/figures-chamber-music-solo
buy physical CD
https://www.trytone.org/catalog/98-figures.html

figures

Fragment DUO - Loevendie (cd Figures Fie Schouten)

Oever (2021) - Bart Spaan
Fie Schouten - (bass) clarinet
Eva van de Poll - violoncello
Keiko Shichijo - piano
full length 13:50
CD figures (2022)
https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/track/oever-2021-bart-spaan
recording Arjan van Asselt
location Schuilkerk de Hoop
Label: Trytone [TT0559-093] release 16-10-2022

Oever Bart Spaan (fragment)

VOSTOK Remote Islands (RPR1179)
Fie Schouten - clarinets
Vincent Courtois - cello
Guus Janssen - keyboards
Henning Bolte - live-drawing
Inspired by the book of Judith Schalansky 'Atlas of remote islands, 50 islands I never set foot on and never will'
Full CD:
fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/album/vo…-islands
Concerts:
fieschouten.nl/schoutenjanssencourtois/
recording 24.3.2023, Orgelpark Amsterdam, Arjan van Asselt

VOSTOK Remote Islands

Cocos Islands (Indian Ocean) Schouten|Courtois|Janssen

Live recording 30 may 2010, Kunstenhuis Amsterdam 
Antiphon (2008) - G.F.Haas
Fie Schouten, Ainhoa Miranda - contrabass clarinet

Schouten|Miranda: G.F. Haas

Holz (1999/2005) - Enno Poppe
Version for bass clarinet solo dedicated to Fie Schouten and Richard Haynes.
Fie Schouten bass clarinet
Solo CD Monologues 2020
buy download https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/album/monologues-2020-solo
recording, mastering Arjan van Asselt
Plein Theater Amsterdam, The Netherlands
recorded in May, June, September 2020
photo Melanja Palitta
Label Orlando Records OR0045

Holz (bass clarinet) - Enno Poppe

From improvisation session September 2024
On this track:
Fie Schouten bass clarinet
Kerwin Rolland electronics
Recording, Kerwin Rolland
Tisserin = village weaver = Dorfweber = grote textorwever
This bird is very agile with its beak and legs: it can weave perfectly.
http://fieschouten.nl/ |https://www.kerwinrolland.com/

Tisserin

From improvisation session September 2024
On this track:
Fie Schouten bassethorn
Kerwin Rolland electronics
Recording, Kerwin Rolland
www.fieschouten.nl/ | www.kerwinrolland.com/

A forest (under the sea)

Katharina Gross & Fie Schouten
violoncello & (contra)bass clarinet
from CD titled bee sage, Attacca 2024171 
bee sage (2023) Rozalie Hirs
full length 14min
stream, buy download
https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/track/bee-sage-2023-rozalie-hirs
buy physical CD
https://attacca.nl/product/schouten-gross-bee-sage/

About the piece:
bee sage is named after the plant Salvia apiana, also known as white sage, sacred sage, or bee sage. This aromatic plant, native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, is often associated with purification, healing, and spiritual practices. In choosing this title, Hirs evokes the plant’s connection to ritual, nature, and the delicate ecosystems in which it thrives.
The parts of the two instruments are both contrasting and complementary. A central feature of the cello part is its use of sum and difference tones, a phenomenon known from psychoacoustics. The deep, resonant tones of the contrabass clarinet anchor the piece, revealing the fundamental frequencies that underlie the harmonically rich language of the cello. Through this structure, I explore the way the different timbres can fuse, intertwine, and engage in a constant dialogue.
The work invites the listener to immerse themselves in a sound world where time feels elastic, and where the richness of the harmonic spectra is slowly revealed. Bee sage is dedicated to Duo Gross & Schouten. 
Rozalie Hirs, 2024

bee sage (fragment)

Ko-Lho (1966) - Giacinto Scelsi
Fie Schouten clarinet & Tarmo Johannes flute
live recording concert 23.11.2024, Tallinn, Estonian Centre for Contemporary Music (ECCM, eccm.com)

Giaccinto Scelsi - Ko Lho

December 2024 - improvisation session 
on this track:
Fie Schouten bass clarinet, Frank Gratkwoski bass clarinet, Sophie Hassfurther tenor saxophone
recording Frank Gratkowski, mix Arjan van Asselt

Rumoer 4

VOSTOK Remote Islands
live fragment of the concert:
26.4.2024 Tivoli-Vredenburg Utrecht
Fie Schouten clarinets
Régis Huby violin
Guus Janssen piano
Adriaan van Dis reading stories by Judith Schalansky from 'Atlas of Remote Islands' (in Dutch translation)
recording Tivoli-Vredenburg
mix Arjan van Asselt
kindly supported by Het Kersjesfonds
http://fieschouten.nl/

VOSTOK Remote Islands Schouten|Janssen|Huby|vDis

Claudio Ambrosini – Capriccio, detto: "l'Ermafrodita" (1983)
Fie Schouten - solo bass clarinet
March 2002, Week van de Hedendaagse Kamermuziek Amsterdam
recording Concertzender, Arjan van Asselt
https://www.concertzender.nl/programma/746813/
foto Herman van Heusden

Ambrosini Capriccio

Full piece (53min) 
https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/album/dronescape-65-oneirology-6

Dronescape 6.5 is the seventeenth in a series of albums, containing new Digital Symphonies by Oscar van Dillen.

Oscar van Dillen composition, electronics
Fie Schouten composition, contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, A-clarinet, voice

Fie Schouten: “My contribution to Oneirology 6 is entirely improvised. However, this was not a spontaneous or unprepared process. I thoroughly explored the concept of oneirology and engaged deeply with the electronic soundscape created and composed by Oscar. The choice to begin with the contrabass clarinet, followed by the bass clarinet, and finally the A clarinet was guided by the emotions evoked while listening to the electronic composition. As intermezzi, I softly address the audience, starting with a definition of oneirology as a way to anchor the listener in the conceptual "world" of the performance. The electronics serve as both a comforting blanket and, at times, a veil of mist surrounding the instrument, which might perhaps be imagined as a lone wanderer, navigating this dreamscape.”

More information about this series and this specific piece:
www.oij-records.com/dronescape-6-5-oneirology-6/
credits
released December 13, 2024

Oneirology 6 was recorded on a single day, July 2024, at Codarts Rotterdam; the mixing was finalized in collaboration.
The work and text of this album were collaboratively created, composed, and recorded.

cover art, recording, mix, master Oscar van Dillen
OIJ Records 051, Donemus DCV 549 

Oneirology (fragment) Oscar van Dillen | Fie Schouten

VOSTOK Remote Islands (RPR1179)
Fie Schouten - clarinets
Vincent Courtois - cello
Guus Janssen - keyboards
Giuseppe Doronzo - baritone saxophone
Henning Bolte - cover (live-drawing)
Inspired by the book of Judith Schalansky 'Atlas of remote islands, 50 islands I never set foot on and never will'
Full CD:
https://fieschoutenclarinets.bandcamp.com/album/vostok-remote-islands
recording 24.3.2023, Orgelpark Amsterdam, Arjan van Asselt

Raoul Island - VOSTOK Remote Islands

December 2024 - improvisation session
on this track:
Fie Schouten A-clarinet, Frank Gratkwoski b-flat clarinet, Sophie Hassfurther flute
recording Frank Gratkowski, mix Arjan van Asselt

Rumoer 6

Project VOSTOK Remote Islands
Fie Schouten bassethorn
Vincent Courtois cello
Guus Janssen keyboards
Giuseppe airsounds
recorded at Orgelpark, Amsterdam on 24 March 2023
recording, mix, master Arjan van Asselt
cover artwork (live-drawing) Henning Bolte
more on CD VOSTOK Remote Islands Relative Pitch Records 1179

Echo of Islands

Trio (2002) - Calliope Tsoupaki
written for and performed by Kaida Trio (Fie Schouten bcl, Karina Erhard flute, Sonsoles Alonso piano)
sheetmusic https://webshop.donemus.nl/action/front/sheetmusic/10512
2002 IJsbreker Amsterdam, rec. Arjan van Asselt
info www.fieschouten.nl

Trio - Calliope Tsoupaki

Song for bass clarinet: The Motion Caused - Ig Henneman
Fie Schouten - bass clarinet & clarinet & voice 

live-performance in Wijlre, The Netherlands 30.10.2016

www.fieschouten.nl

Song for bass clarinet - Ig Henneman

fragment of:
insan manzaraları / Human Landscapes / Mensenlandschappen (50min)
live recording concert 5-6-2012, Ankara TR
music: Selim Doğru; poetry: Nazım Hikmet and Judith Herzberg
interpreters:
Hazal Selçuk, actress
To be Sung: Elisa Roep, soprano, Fie Schouten, clarinets, Eva van de Poll, cello
Guest artists: Oğuz Büyükberber, clarinets, Enric Monfort, percussion
Jelte van Andel, double bass
www.tobesung.nl

To be Sung: ik verlang naar jou

live recording @ Transit Festival, Leuven (B) 14 october 2018
Black Sand (2018) - Georgia Nicolaou
co-commission Basklarinet Festijn, November Music Festival

Lyrisch Laag:
Fie Schouten, Marij van Gorkom bass clarinet
Eva van de Poll violoncello

recording: Transit Festival
published by Donemus Publishing

www.bassclarinet.nl | www.fieschouten.nl

Georgia Nicolaou - Black Sand

Claro (2015) - Theo Loevendie
dedicated to Fie Schouten
Michel Marang clarinet & Fie Schouten bass clarinet
Published by Peermusic 
https://www.peermusic-classical.de/en/werk_detail_en/werk/4459_claro/

www.fieschouten.nl | www.michelmarang.nl

Claro - Theo Loevendie

(Bass) clarinetist
Professor for bass clarinet at the Prince Claus Conservatory Groningen (NL)
Artistic director of the Dutch Basklarinet Festijn

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