NORTH WIND, SOUTH WIND

Contre-le-vent-music from Estonia

Ensemble RESONABILIS

Jüri Reinvere, Kristjan Kõrver, Eugene Birman, Tauno Aints, Helena Tulve, Andrus Kallastu, Tatjana Kozlova. Coming soon!

 #7, Helena Tulve. North Wind, South Wind, fragm, 3 min 47 sec, mp3, 160 kbps
 #4, Tauno Aints. 3film, fragm, 3 min 34 sec, mp3, 160 kbps

RESONABILIS: Iris Oja – vocal, Kristi Mühling – kannel (Estonian psaltery), Tarmo Johannes – flute, Aare Tammesalu – cello

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Liner notes by Inna Kivi
Photo by Kaupo Kikkas
Design by Mart Kivisild
Co-produced by Peeter Vähi

ERP 5612

Ensemble Resonabilis (Lat – ‘ringing, sounding’) consists of an unique combination of instruments – voice, flute, cello and kannel.
Kannel is a string instrument spread in the Baltic countries and Finland under different names and forms. Kannel resembles to some extent to German Zither or Turkish kanun.
Kannel is played in horisontal position, the strings are plucked with fingers. Its origins are prehistoric – extending to thousands of years. Nowadays Estonian kannel has developed into sophisticated concert instrument – its four octaves of chromatic steel strings produce a particularly beautiful and resonating sound, it is possible to play almost any music from Bach to the very contemporary repertore. Thanks to its flexibility and sound qualities, kannel blends notably well with the classical instruments, opening thus a new road for further development in the contemporary music.
Resonabilis was founded in 2002 by Tarmo Johannes and Kristi Mühling. The first performance was given in the Autumn Festival of Estonian Academy of Music with the première of Florete flores by Kristjan Kõrver. The first full concert, Resonances, took place on April 9th, 2003 during the festival Estonian Music Days. The ensemble is constantly extending its repertoire in co-operation with different composers.