Ohcejohka - Saxophone, Joik and Birds

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Saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen travels to Sápmi, to Ohcejohka (Utsjoki), the northernmost municipality of Finland and the European Union, to visit his friend, writer–musician Niillas Holmberg. The two artists go rowing in the river, improvise under the Sámi bridge, and make music with birds. Along the way, with researcher Karoliina Lummaa, they confront questions of understanding: do the birds understand them—or do they understand the birds? And does it even matter? Sound design and field recording: Suvi Tuuli Kataja and Jussi Liukkonen Script consultant: Elli Salo Background research: Roosa Stenroos Music: Niillas Holmberg and Pauli Lyytinen Poem (in Northern Sámi and English translation): Niillas Holmberg Production manager: Pinja Korhonen Produced by Suvi Tuuli Kataja A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3