Nagori Rengakai – Ensemble Extrakte
July, 2021
Ensemble Extrakte & Tölöläb
Sandeep Bhagwati, artistic/musical direction
Two ensembles in two locations, Viitasaari and Berlin, exchange recordings of their music daily, a music contemplating both losses and hopes for renewal. Each evening they attempt to capture the spirit of their own improvisations from the same morning – thereby transforming it. And at the end, they try to evoke the evolution of the whole process, 4 days of constant exchange, likened to four seasons of the year.
The result of the day’s work will be combined and watched in sequence during the daily public online sessions (18–19 Finnish time on YouTube), in which the process is also discussed. The process will culminate on the Satuday 10 July Nagori Rengakai online concert (18–19).
Nagori Rengakai (2021) Viitasaari – Videos
Berlin-Ensemble
Gregor Schulenburg, flute, duduk, kyotaku
Wu Wei, sheng, erhu
Ravi Srinivasan, indian vocals, whistling, tabla, percussions
Gebrüder Teichmann (Andreas Teichmann & Hannes Teichmann), live-electronics
Musical co-direction in Berlin: Andreas Teichmann and/or Gregor Schulenburg
Hanna Grzeskiewicz, Management
Tom Wills, Streaming and Video
Nico Daleman, Audio
Viitasaari-Ensemble
Deniza Popova, Bulgarian vocals
Klaus Janek, double bass
Taavi Oramo, vocals, clarinets, electronics
Turkka Inkilä, flutes
Antti Salovaara, bassoon
Valtteri Mustalahti, sound & video
Musical co-direction in Viitasaari: Sandeep Bhagwati & Taavi Oramo
Nagori Rengakai (2021) Videos
Tuesday July 6, 2021 · WINTER
In the video:
Freezing seas at night
Traversed by icy currents
Lit by a lone moon.
1) Berlin Winter Morning
2) Viitasaari Winter Nagori
This icicle harp
Played by invisible hands
Clinks splinteringly.
3) Viitasaari Winter Morning
4) Berlin Winter Nagori
Recording from the Livestream
5) Winter Nagori Improvisation
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 · SPRING
In the video:
Building a new nest
Depends on the right moment.
Yesterday perhaps?
1) Berlin Spring Morning
2) Viitasaari Spring Nagori
A cherry branch explodes
with scent, in white, with insects
seduced by promise.
3) Viitasaari Spring Morning
4) Berlin Spring Nagori
Recording from the Livestream
5) Spring Nagori Improv
Thursday, July 8, 2021 · FALL
In the video:
Erratic water
Drops sprayed from these azure skies
Punctuate our grief
1) Berlin Fall Morning
2) Viitasaari Fall Nagori
Lake of cool repose
Ringed by reddish foliage
Elsewhere, forests burn.
3) Viitasaari Fall Morning
4) Berlin Fall Nagori
Recordings from the Livestream
5) Fall Nagori Improv 1
6 Fall Nagori Improv 2
Friday July 9, 2021 · SUMMER
Poem Summer
1) Berlin Summer Morning
2) Viitasaari Summer Nagori
Morning cicadas
Their shimmering racket sounds
The wild day ahead
3) Viitasaari Summer Morning
4) Berlin Summer Nagori
Recordings from the Livestream
5) Summer Nagori Improv
Saturday July 10, 2021 · Concert: Nagori Rengakai
The concert of Nagori Rengakai sums up the results of previous days.
A comprovisation for two ensembles in different locations (2021)
Ensemble Extrakte & Tölöläb
Sandeep Bhagwati, artistic/musical direction
Berlin-Ensemble
Gregor Schulenburg, flute, duduk, kyotaku
Wu Wei, sheng, erhu
Ravi Srinivasan, indian vocals, whistling, tabla, percussions
Gebrüder Teichmann (Andreas Teichmann & Hannes Teichmann), live-electronics
Musical co-direction in Berlin: Andreas Teichmann and/or Gregor Schulenburg
Hanna Grzeskiewicz, Management
Tom Wills, Streaming and Video
Nico Daleman, Audio
Viitasaari-Ensemble
Deniza Popova, Bulgarian vocals
Klaus Janek, double bass
Taavi Oramo, vocals, clarinets, electronics
Turkka Inkilä, flutes
Antti Salovaara, bassoon
Valtteri Mustalahti, sound & video
Musical co-direction in Viitasaari: Sandeep Bhagwati & Taavi Oramo
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