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Flight of the Bumblebee II
Concert installation for 8 to 32 horn-speakers, 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 "Flight of the Bumblebee II", the Chuchchepati Orchestra counters this trend towards acceleration with the slowest interpretation to date. Designed as a series, only one measure of the composition is interpreted per concert - that's eight notes in 40 minutes.
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.
Scientific insect recordings:
Sabina Avosani, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Julien Bota, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Taina Conrad, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Asaf Ben David, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Monika Eberhard, University of Hamburg, Germany
Lionel Feugère & Gabriella Gibson, University of Greenwich, UK
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
Meta Virant-Doberlet, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Out now:
Double LP - Flight of the Bumblebee II, Unit Records, 2024
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.
Scientific insect recordings:
Sabina Avosani, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Julien Bota, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Taina Conrad, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Asaf Ben David, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Monika Eberhard, University of Hamburg, Germany
Lionel Feugère & Gabriella Gibson, University of Greenwich, UK
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
Meta Virant-Doberlet, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Out now:
Double LP - Flight of the Bumblebee II, Unit Records, 2024
Artists involved in «Flight of the Bumblebee II » :
Upcoming concert installations of «Flight of the Bumblebee II»:
Komposition von Insektenaufnahmen
Installation, Künstlerische Leitung Chuchchepati Orchestra
Technische Leitung
07.11.2026 – 26.11.2026
Hanoi, Konzerte und Installation, tba, Vietnam
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Concert installation for 8 to 32 horn-speakers, insects and orchestra
17.11.2026
Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi Vietnam
Concert 14:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #029
Past concert installations of «Flight of the Bumblebee II»:
17.05.2025
La nuit des musées, Jardin botaniques, Genève
Concert 18:15
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #027
17.05.2025
La nuit des musées, Jardin botaniques, Genève
Concert 20:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #028
17.05.2025
La nuit des musées, Jardin botaniques, Genève
Concert 22:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #029
07.09.2024
Museumsnacht, Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zürich
Concert 18:30
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takte #023
07.09.2024
Museumsnacht, Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zürich
Concert 19:45
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takte #024
07.09.2024
Museumsnacht, Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zürich
Concert 21:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takte #025
07.09.2024
Zürich, Museumsnacht, Sukkulentensammlung
Concert 22:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takte #026
08.06.2024
Jardin botaniques, Genève
Concert 16:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #022 — release tour
02.06.2024
Schlossgarten Wartegg, Rorschach
Concert 18:30
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #021 — release tour
01.06.2024
Botanischer Garten, Salzburg, AT
Concert 15:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #020 — release tour
31.05.2024
Botanischer Garten, Innsbruck, AT
Concert 19:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #019 — release tour
30.05.2024
Kunsthalle, Appenzell
Concert 19:30
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #018 — release tour
→ Palace
28.05.2024
Botanica – Botanischer Garten, Zürich
Concert 16:30
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #015 — (Vereinsanlass)
→ Helsinki
18.05.2024
Vernissage Klangweg, Alp Sellamatt, Alt St. Johann
11:30
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #014
23.05.2023
Palmenhaus Botanischer Garten, Greifswald, D
19:30
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #010
07.01.2023
Lautsprecherorchester Festival, Palace St. Gallen
20:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #008
Sound direction
Field recordings
Field recordings
Drums
Double bass
Saxophone/Bassoon
Feedbacker Guitar
→ Moods
14.12.2021
TSONAMI Arte Sonoro, Valparaíso, Chile
01:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #005 – Radio transmission of "Tsonami Festival", Chile
03.12.2021
Tropenhaus, Botanischer Garten, St.Gallen
20:00
Flight of the Bumblebee II
─ Takt #005 – Live recording for radio transmission of "Tsonami Festival", Chile
Sound direction
Field recordings
Field recordings
Sound direction
Field recordings
Field recordings