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Along the Spine 1
Tour Dates and Partners
First Part, Chile and Peru
Feb. 18th - March 20th 2015
11. 2. 2015, 19:30
Opening Concert in the Hugenotten Halle Neu-Isenburg, Frankfurter Straße 152, D-63263 Neu-Isenburg http://hugenottenhalle.de
21. 2. 2015
Choshuenco, Los Ríos, Chile / Open Air Concert
Location: Open Air at Lago Panguipulli Beach
Organisers: Festival Internacional de Música Panguipulli, Dominique Thomann; Illustre Municipalidad de Panguipulli, Patricio Cerda
Many thanks to: the Panguipulli Fire Department, who hosed the dusty beach for us
22. 2. 2015
Llongahue, Los Ríos, Chile / Musical Exchange with the Musicians of Mapuche and Concert
Location: Escuela Rural Llongahue
Participating Artist: Azul Nahuel
Organisers: Festival Internacional de Música Panguipulli, Dominique Thomann; Illustre Municipalidad de Panguipulli, Patricio Cerda, Raúl Lloncón
24. 2. 2015
Panguipulli, Los Ríos, Chile / Concert
Location: Casona Cultural Panguipulli
Organisers: Festival Internacional de Música Panguipulli, Dominique Thomann; Casona Cultural Panguipulli, Catalina Matthei
Many thanks to: the Etchegaray family, particularly Mayette Etchegaray for both the beautiful accomodation and great support
27. 2. 2015
San Clemente, Maule, Chile / Workshop
Location: Teatro Municipal San Clemete
Participating Artists: Orquesta de Cámara Escuela Ramadillas, Julio Moreno, Marcelo Céspedes
Organiser: Illustre Municipalidad de San Clemete, Hidromaule
27. 2. 2015
San Clemete, Maule, Chile / Open Air Concert
Location: Plazza in front of the San Clemente Town Hall
Participating Artists: Orquesta de Cámara Escuela Ramadillas, Julio Moreno, Marcelo Céspedes
Organiser: Illustre Municipalidad de San Clemete, Hidromaule
Many thanks to: Blanca from the Hotel Boutique Leon for the wonderful accommodation and delicious food
1. 3. 2015
Santiago, Chile / Concert
Location: Liga Chileno Alemana
Organisers: Liga Chileno Alemana, Carlos Diaz, Maja Haufe
3. 3. 2015
Valparaiso, Chile / Concert
Location: Club Aleman de Valparaiso
Organisers: Club Aleman de Valparaiso, Christian Bonert, Corporación Cultural Chileno-Alemana de Valparaiso, Silvia Rühl; Germany Consulate in Valparaiso, Jan Karlsruher
Many thanks to: Ensamble Transatlántico de Folk Chile, Ernesto Calderon and Magdalena Pacheco for a brilliant session late into the night
7. 3. 2015
Puerto Williams, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile / Workshop
Location: Liceo Donald Mc Intyre Grffiths
Organisers: Liceo Donald Mc Intyre Grffiths, Francisco Fernandez, Armin Navarro, Parque Ethnobotánico Omora, Camila Saldías; Universidad de Magallanes, Programa de Conservación Biocultural Subantártica; Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Chile, Paula Caballero, Dr. Ricardo Rozzi
Many thanks to: Maurice van de Maele for his enthusiastic support
8. 3. 2015
Puerto Williams, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile / Concert
Location: Liceo Donald Mc Intyre Grffiths
Organisers: Liceo Donald Mc Intyre Grffiths, Francisco Fernandez, Armin Navarro; Parque Ethnobotánico Omora, Camila Saldías; Universidad de Magallanes, Programa de Conservación Biocultural Subantártica; Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Chile, Paula Caballero, Dr. Ricardo Rozzi
Many thanks to: Maurice van de Maele, Carlos Soto for the great radio broadcast
9. 3. 2015
Punta Arenas, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile / Concert
Location: Theatro Municipal Punta Arenas
Organisers: Encuentro Nacional de Divulgadores de Ciencia y Tecnología; Instituto Antártico Chileno, Paulina Rochas; Consejo de las Artes y la Cultura de Magallanes, Patricia Zita
11. 3. 2015
Lima, Peru / Seminar
Location: Conservatorio Nacional de Música Lima, Edificio Histórico
Participating Artists: Nilo Velarde, Alvaro Zúñiga, José Sosaya, Carlos Payano
Organisers: Conservatorio Nacional de Música Lima, Carmen A. Escobedo Revoredo
Many thanks to: Nilo Velarde for his dedication to the project, Alvaro Zúñiga for the beautiful composition “In-Móvil”, Christian Ruiz for lending us a cello
12. 3. 2015
Lima, Peru / Concert
Location: Conservatorio Nacional de Música Lima, Edificio Histórico
Participating Artists: Nilo Velarde, Alvaro Zúñiga, José Sosaya, Carlos Payano, Alonso Acosta Flores,
Organiser: Conservatorio Nacional de Música Lima, Carmen A. Escobedo Revoredo
Many thanks to: Nilo Velarde for his dedication to the project, Alvaro Zúñiga for the beautiful composition “In-Móvil”, Christian Ruiz for lending us a cello
14. and 16. 3. 2015
Cusco, Peru / Musical Meeting with Q´eros Musicians and Concert
Location: Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano Cusco (ICPNAC)
Participating Artists: Six Musicians from the family of Agustín Machacca Flores and Juliana Apasa Flores, Holly Wissler
Organisers: Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano Cusco (ICPNAC), Nohemi Ponce de León; Asociación Cultural Peruano Alemana (ACUPARI); Honorary Consulate of the German Bundesrepublik in Cusco, Maria Jürgens de Hermoza
Many thanks to: Holly Wissler for her expertise, help and mediation, Günter Hane for the wonderful photos, contacts and help at the location, Flavio Felix Hermoza Espinoza for his driving, advice and support
Musicians
Anita Farkas: flute, Ruben Staub: clarinet, Dominique Thomann: viola, Larissa Nagel: violoncello, Nikola Komatina: accordion, Sebastian Flaig: percussion, Volker Staub: piano, percussion and artistic director, Gisela Klose: documentation
Co-operation Partners:
Kulturbüro der Stadt Neu-Isenburg
Hugenottenhalle Neu-Isenburg
Festival de Música Internacional de Panguipulli
Illustre Municipalidad de Panguipulli
Escuela Rural Llongahue
Azul Nahuel
Casona Cultural Panguipulli
Illustre Municipalidad de San Clemete
Orquesta de Cámara Escuela Ramadillas
Hidromaule
Liga Chileno Alemana
Club Aleman de Valparaiso
Corporación Cultural Chileno-Alemana de Valparaiso
Konsulat von Deutschland in Valparaiso
Liceo Donald Mc Intyre Grffiths Puerto Williams
Parque Ethnobotánico Omora
Universidad de Magallanes, Programa de Conservación Biocultural Subantártica
Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Chile
Theatro Municipal Punta Arenas
Encuentro Nacional de Divulgadores de Ciencia y Tecnología
Instituto Antártico Chileno
Consejo de las Artes y la Cultura de Magallanes
Conservatorio Nacional de Música Lima
Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano Cusco (ICPNAC)
Asociación Cultural Peruano Alemana Cusco (ACUPARI)
Honorarkonsulat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Cusco
Holly Wissler
Stiftung Apfelbaum
Concept
The concert tour, planned for 2015 to 2017, will travel along the American Cordillera, the mountain ranges near the west coasts of North, Central and South America, which run from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. The tour is divided into three parts:
1. Chile and Peru (2015)
2. Ecuador to Mexico (2016)
3. USA, Canada and Alaska (2017)
Our project's intention is, with very flexible and adaptable concert programmes, to seek musical exchange and dialogue with musicians and audiences from different American cultures and thus to strengthen the continuation of musical and cultural diversity.
It is first and foremost the diversity of cultures, the various biospheres, that make it possible for us to experience ourselves in the midst of this vibrant and inspiring world. In this sense, the distinct music of every indigenous ethnic group is a "World Heritage Site", which has to be protected and preserved.
The concert tour will take us across the most diverse countries, cultures and biospheres. Through almost all climatic and vegetation zones on this planet, through unique ecosystems, which are characterised by an unimaginable richness of life forms. Along the Spine is dedicated to this living diversity, to the landscapes, plants and animals, which nourish and foster our lives.
Topography
The American Cordillera is, with a height of 15,000 km and breadth of 2,500 km, the longest folded mountain range in the world. It ranges from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. The Cordillera is closely connected with the Pacific Ring of Fire, a volcanic belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. At least two-thirds of all erupted volcanoes in the Holocene are located here. Strong earthquakes which trigger tsunamis are also concentrated at the subduction zones of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The American Cordillera forms the western part of this ring. Many of their highest peaks are indeed volcanoes, entire mountain ranges are marked by volcanic activity. They traverse almost all climatic zones of the earth, from the sub-polar regions across the temperate zones and subtropics to the tropics. They encompass areas of glaciers, tundra, coniferous or mixed forests, grasslands, and vegetation zones brimming with deciduous hardwood trees, desert areas, savanna or tropical rainforests and so traverse an immense variety of the most diverse habitats for animals, plants and human cultures. And also metropolitan areas of various sizes, for instance, Anchorage, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Jose, Bogota, Quito, Lima, La Paz, Santiago and Punta Arenas are located in the midst of or at the coastal foothills of the Cordillera.
Inspiration
As great as the dimensions of this concert tour appear - a relatively small bird travels this veryroute year after year. The Arctic Tern (sterna paradisaea) breeds during the summer in the northernmost areas of the world from the subarctic boreal zones to the depths of the arctic. At the end of August, after hatching and breeding their young, the birds fly south to Antarctica (where it is summer) and spend the winter there. Part of the population fly along the west coasts of North and South America to Tierra del Fuego and continue to the far south of the Indian Ocean.
In April the birds, who grow to be around 35 cm tall and have a body weight between 85 to 125g leave Antarctica and return to their breeding grounds. During these epic journeys the birds travel somewhere in the region of 30,000 to 50,000 kilometres each year. They have the ability to sleep during the flight with one half of their brains, while the other steers and navigates.
Compared to this miracle of perseverance, instinct and sense of direction, our musical and artistic project appears absolutely realistic and feasible.
Programmes and Music Selection
For Along the Spine different pieces of contemporary and traditional music from various countries and cultures have been prepared. From this repertoire, a specific selection will be made for each concert, for each musical encounter. The respective choice of programme will be chosen according to the specific context of the concert. So it is likely that, for instance, at a contemporary music festival that we would primarily play works composed in the C21st. Yet during a musical encounter, for example, with the Q'eros in the Andes of Peru, we might place emphasis on choosing more traditional pieces or use improvisation that facilitates making music together.
Musical Repertoire (Selection):
Rabih Abou-Khalil (*1957, Libanon), Nightfall, for ensemble
Rabih Abou-Khalil (*1957, Libanon), A Night in the Mountains, for ensemble
Elliott Carter (*1908-2012, USA), Gra, for solo clarinet
Giora Feidman (*1936, Israel), Come in Peace, for fl., cl., vl., vla.
Sebastian Flaig (*1983, Germany), Flüh, for ensemble
Sebastian Flaig (*1983, Germany), Der Emul, for ensemble
Sebastian Flaig (*1983, Germany), Improvisation, für solo percussion
Morton Feldman (*1926-87, USA), Durations, for vcl., piano
Morton Feldman (*1926-87, USA), Nature Pieces, arr. for fl., cl., vl., vla., vcl.
Sofia Asgatowna Gubaidulina (*1931, Russia), De Profundis, for solo accordion
Nikola Komatina (*1988, Serbia), Ederlezi, trad. Roma, arr. for ensemble
Nikola Komatina (*1988, Serbia), trad. Macedonian song, for voice, acc.
David Kuckhermann (*1979, Germany), The Path of the Metal Turtle, for hang and handpans solo
Witold Lutoslawski (*1913-94, Poland), Bukoliki, for vla., vcl.
Péter Pejtsik (*1986, Hungary), Stonehenge, for solo vcl.
Astor Piazolla (1921-92, Argentinia), Le Grand Tango, for vcl., acc.
Astor Piazolla (1921-92, Argentinia), Tango Etude No.3, for solo flute.
José Sosaya Wekselman (*1956, Peru), Girasol Mágico, for flute, 2 perc..
Ruben Staub (*1992, Germany), Klezmer Medley, for solo clarinet
Ruben Staub (*1992, Germany), Sammy´s Freilach, trad. Klezmer (Israel), arr. for ensemble
Volker Staub (*1961, Germany), Along the Spine, for ensemble
Volker Staub (*1961, Germany), Dancing with the Rabbi, trad. Klezmer (Israel), arr. for ensemble
Volker Staub (*1961, Germany), for two to play on one drum,
for framedrum duo
Volker Staub (*1961, Germany), trad. Lakota song, for voice, perc.
Volker Staub (*1961, Germany), OEO #1 - 5, for ensemble
Volker Staub (*1961, Germany), Wiochpeyata, for solo clarinet and electroacoustic sounds
Nilo Verlarde (*1964, Peru), Del mar y sus orillas, for ensemble
Eva Zöllner (*1978, Germany), Hyōjō no chōshi, Gagaku (ca. 12th century, Japan), arr. for solo accordion
Alvaro Zuñiga (*, Peru), In-Móvil, for ensemble
Improvisation Models for various arrangements
We are currently looking for further works by composers from South, Central and North America and would be pleased to receive your suggestions.
New work
Additionally, especially for Along the Spine, a new composition will be created, arranged in such an open and evocative manner that its parts, rhythms and melodies are flexibly intertwined with one another, but also contain the possibility of connecting with musicians from other cultures and equally with the sounds of the environment. This forms a possible (but by no means the only) basis for musical encounters in real time, yet without the necessity that a symphony of voices and musicians sacrifice their uniqueness and characteristics in the pursuit of “overriding harmony” or a “overarching rhythm”.
Perhaps we will discover over the course of the trip a “subordinate”, inherent in different sounds and rhythms, which will links the parts and act as a foundation for the composition.
Six to eight musicians of the One Earth Orchestra will play parts for stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, keyboard instruments, percussion and vocals. We will be joined by the instruments and voices of the people, cultures and places that we encounter on our journey.
In addition to this, during the performances of constantly changing pieces of music, images of the earth will be projected.
We are hoping to get these photos from people who support Along the Spine and so canin a sense, come on tour with us via their photograph. To enable this we ask friends, acquaintances and visitors of this website to send us photos.
Please send us photos of our earth that have a special meaning and vitality for you. The photos can depict beautiful or painful aspects of life: loved or despised places, cities, landscapes, animals, plants, people …
Along with each photo we require the photographer to kindly grant us the permission to use their image. The following formulation can be used as a template:
I hereby allow the One Earth Orchestra, represented by Volker Staub, the right to project my photo(s) during concerts and in any print or digital publications related to the Along the Spine project.
Photographs depicting single or group portraits can only be used if all of the subjects give their consent to the above-mentioned conditions.
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