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Bumblebee Flight II
Concert installation for 8 to 32 loudspeakers, insects and orchestra
The world record for the interpretation of the onomatopoeic instrumental piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is 53.82 seconds - that's 13 notes per second! With the concert installation "Bumblebee Flight II", the Chuchchepati Orchestra counters this trend towards acceleration with the slowest interpretation to date. Designed as a series, only one bar of the composition is interpreted per concert. Field recordings of the complex communication of insects are interwoven with the instrumental sounds of the orchestra. The results are tonal patterns, structures and surfaces that complement and cross-fertilize each other. The Chuchchepati Orchestra takes off, swarming and turning the polyphonic sound space into a blooming playground.
Recordings of the insects:
Sabina Avosani, University of Trento, Italy
Julien Bota, University of Greifswald, Germany
Asaf Ben David,Tel Aviv University, Israel
Lionel Feugère, University of Greenwich, UK
Daniel Howard, University of New Hampshire
Juan José López Díez, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Yi-Chang Liao, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Matías Muñoz, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Behare Rexhepi, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Daniel Torrico, University of Desarrollo, Chile
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Recordings of the insects:
Sabina Avosani, University of Trento, Italy
Julien Bota, University of Greifswald, Germany
Asaf Ben David,Tel Aviv University, Israel
Lionel Feugère, University of Greenwich, UK
Daniel Howard, University of New Hampshire
Juan José López Díez, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Yi-Chang Liao, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Matías Muñoz, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Behare Rexhepi, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Daniel Torrico, University of Desarrollo, Chile
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Artists involved in «Bumblebee Flight II » :
Upcoming concert installations of «Bumblebee Flight II»:
Past concert installations of «Bumblebee Flight II»:
28.05.2023
Gewächshaus Botanischer Garten, Hamburg, D
19:30 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 013
26.05.2023
Museum für Natur und Umwelt, Lübeck, D
19:15 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 012
24.05.2023
Botanischen Garten, Rostock, D
19:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 011
23.05.2023
Palmenhaus Botanischer Garten, Greifswald, D
19:30 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 010
01.04.2023
Eventi letterari 2023, Monte Verità, Ascona
18:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 009
07.01.2023
Lautsprecherorchester Festival, Palace St. Gallen
20:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 008
18.09.2022
Moods (outdoor)
18:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 007 – Carte Blanche Sandra Weiss
Sound direction
Field recordings
Field recordings
Drums
Double bass
Saxophone/Bassoon
Feedbacker Guitar
→ Moods
11.09.2022
Schlossgarten Grünenstein, Balgach
10:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 006
14.12.2021
TSONAMI Arte Sonoro, Valparaíso, Chile
01:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 005 – Radio transmission of "Tsonami Festival", Chile
03.12.2021
Tropenhaus, Botanischer Garten, St.Gallen
20:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 005 – Live recording for radio transmission of "Tsonami Festival", Chile
05.09.2021
Musikfestival Bern, PROGR
14:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 004
Sound direction
Field recordings
Field recordings
04.09.2021
Musikfestival Bern Dampfzentrale
17:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 003
Sound direction
Field recordings
Field recordings
01.09.2021
Musikfestival Bern Dampfzentrale
22:00 Uhr
Bumblebee Flight II – Takt # 002
01.09.2021
Musikfestival Bern Dampfzentrale
21:00 Uhr