Oerknal @ Synthese Utrecht November 19th, 2021
Presenting 'Teach Yourself to Fly' by Pauline Oliveros from the 'Sonic Meditations' she composed and compiled in 1974.

This recording is of the 2nd half of our set where we gave a short explanation to the listeners and invited them to join us using their voices and instruments that we had provided or in some cases that they had brought.  

Musicians of Oerknal:
Christian Smith, Percussion
Gregory Charette, Electronics
Raphaelle Engelsberg, Viola

Musicians of Het Wilde Westen:
Jonas Bisquert, Piano & Melodica
Angela Moya, Violin
Nick Scholten, Harp

Recording Engineer, Vlad V. Vlaev

P. Oliveros - Sonic Meditations 'Teach Yourself to Fly' (+ Het Wilde Westen + Audience) @ Synthese

Oerknal @ Synthese Utrecht November 19th, 2021
Presenting 'Teach Yourself to Fly' by Pauline Oliveros from the 'Sonic Meditations' she composed and compiled in 1974.  

Musicians of Oerknal: 
Christian Smith, Percussion 
Gregory Charette, Electronics
Raphaelle Engelsberg, Viola

Musicians of Het Wilde Westen:
Jonas Bisquert, Piano & Melodica 
Angela Moya, Violin
Nick Scholten, Harp

Recording Engineer, Vlad V. Vlaev

P. Oliveros - Sonic Meditations 'Teach Yourself to Fly' (+ Het Wilde Westen) @ Synthese Utrecht

NEW VERSION - Live at Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2016

Gregory Charette, Cond. 

Daniel Boeke, Clarinet
Susanne Peters, Flute
Christian Smith, Vibraphone

w/ Daniel Walden, Piano
Mariana Hutchinson Siemers, Violin
Lidwine Dam, Viola
Antonis Pratsinakis, Cello

Bateau Ivre (2011) by John Zorn (b. 1953)

Dichtere Kreise (2015) by Arne Gieshoff (b. 1988)

Cond. Lewis Nielson 
Flute - Susanne Peters
Clarinet - Daniel Boeke
Violin - Sarah Saviet
Viola - Thora Sveinsdòttir
Cello - Steuart Pincombe 
Piano - Daniel Walden 



Aperture (2007) by Jason Eckardt (b. 1971)

Live at Het Nutshuis March 14th 2016 
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Susanne Peters, Flute and Voice 
Christian Smith, percussion 

Rob Strolenberg, sound engineer 
Bauke Makkenze, sound engineer assistant

Inward (1994-95) for flute and percussion by Richard Barrett (b. 1959)

Live at Dokzaal, Amsterdam
May 6th 2016 

Daniel Boeke, clarinet
Mariana Hutchinson Siemers, violin
Raphaella Engelsberg, violin
Lidwine Dam, viola
René van Munster, cello

Clarinet and String Quartet, excerpt (1983) by Morton Feldman (1926-1987)

Live @ Gaudeamus Muziekweek September 2016
Cloud 9, Tivoli Vrendenburg, Utrecht 

Patricia Alessandrini, electronics 
Daniel Walden, piano 
Sarah Saviet, Violin 
René van Munster, Cello 
Daniel Boeke, clarinet

Hommage à Purcell by Patricia Alessandrini

Live @ Delian Academy for New Music 2017
Grypario Cultural Center, Mykonos, Greece

Gregory Charette - conductor
Susanne Peters - flutes
Daniel Boeke - clarinets
Daniel Walden - piano
Mariana Hutchinson Siemers - violin
René van Munster - cello

Effluénces (2011) by Dimitri Papageorgiou (b. 1965)

Live @ Korzo, Den Haag, NL
April 25th, 2019

Alistair Sung, Cello 
Christian Smith, Object Performer 1 
Gregory Charette, Object Performer 2

untitled three-part construction (2014) by Michelle Lou

Jürg Frey's Grizzana, Movements 2 & 3 
Live April 2019 @ Korzo Theather in The Hague, NL

Susanne Peters - Flute 
Rocío Bolanos - Clarinet
Jellantsje De Vries - Violin 
Lidwine Dam - Viola 
Alistair Sung - Cello 
Daniel Walden - Piano

Jürg Frey - Grizzana No. 2 & 3

Oerknal is a collective of international musicians based in The Netherlands united by a passion for new creative experiences and the belief that music should be presented in a direct, visceral manner. Oerknal has performed in various podia and festivals in The Netherlands including Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Gaudeamus Music Week (Utrecht), Soundsofmusic (Groningen) and Korzo Theater (Den Haag), in addition to international residencies at festivals such as the Delian Academy for New Music (Greece) and DAM Festival (Kosovo). Since their founding in 2013 Oerknal has commissioned works from numerous composers and has engaged in cross-disciplinary collaborations aimed at exploring unique artistic overlaps and different models of concert presentation. Their debut album narrow numerous was released in 2018 on the 7 Mountain Records label.

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