Tsuru-no-Sugomori - Wil Offermans at Heishin-do, Tsuruoka, Japan

A live video of Wil Offermans performing his flute arrangement of the traditional Japanese shakuhachi piece 'Tsuru-no-Sugomori' (鶴の巣籠り) during the concert of the Duo Ueda Offermans at Heishin-do (the former Kazama family residence) in Tsuruoka-city, Yamagata, Japan on 18 October 2024. In the relaxed atmosphere of this beautiful cultural property of Japan you hear in the recording even the crickets chirping from the garden. This flute arrangement by Offermans includes many extended flute techniques, like circular breathing, wind tones and bamboo tones. He made this arrangement with the support of the great shakuhachi master Katsuya Yokoyama.

Production: Tsuruoka Research Centre of Sustainable Society
企画制作：鶴岡持続可能社会研究所

The flute score is available via your local music dealer or get it online here: https://www.studioe-mc.com/score/tsuru/
'Tsuru-no-Sugomori' has been recorded at the CD 'Luna y Sierra' by Wil Offermans: https://www.studioe-mc.com/cd/lys/
For more flute techniques see his website: https://www.forthecontemporaryflutist...
More information at https://www.wiloffermans.com

Offermans' arrangement for flute of 'Tsuru-no-Sugomori' has been published by music publisher Zimmermann, Germany, see: https://www.schott-music.com/en/tsuru...

In the score text we read:
"This transcription of Tsuru-no-sugomori is based on an interpretation by the shakuhachi master Katsuya Yokoyama. His superb performance clearly demonstrates the possibilities of the shakuhachi. With its flexible sound (e.g. in dynamic, timbre, intonation and wind-'noise'), the intense use of the breath and its deep-rooted history the shakuhachi has been attracting the interest of many flutists around the world. Some of the sounds in this traditional flute music may be regarded by Western flutists as 'modern' or 'new'. However, the shakuhachi player seems to concentrate on the breathing, accepting the sound itself as a natural consequence. Typically, the shakuhachi player doesn't use any tonguing, but instead starts a sound from the breath and sometimes in combination with the finger (the so-called finger-tonguing!). Especially characteristic are the numerous vibrato techniques (including pitch-bending, glissandi and portamenti). Beside the Western style vibrato, called 'ikiyuri', a vibrato can be performed by shaking the head. Swinging the head to the left and right (like shaking 'no') is called 'yokoyuri'. Shaking the head up and down (like shaking 'yes') is called 'tateyuri'. Shaking the head in circles creates the 'mawashiyuri' vibrato. When the instrument itself is quickly moved up and down we get a 'takeyuri' vibrato. Bending the pitch down by covering the embouchure-hole with the lower-lip (up to a minor third!) creates the characteristic 'meri'. Bending the pitch up by uncovering the embouchure-hole, is called 'kari'. (etc...)"

See Tsuru-no-Sugomori by Wil Offermans in London 2011:    • Tsuru-no-Sugomori by Wil Offermans, BFS Tr...  

Other videos from their Japan Tour 2024:
   • Murasaki-no-Ue (Genji Monogatari) • 紫の上 (源...   (by Duo Ueda Offermans in Nagasaki)
   • Heike Monogatari - 平家物語 by Duo Ueda Offerm...   (by Duo Ueda Offermans in Tsuruoka)
   • Yoshitsune 義経 • Junko Ueda: satsuma-biwa &...   (solo by Junko Ueda in Tsuruoka)