ensemble modern

concerts

• 1987/xx/xx concert germany;
  performing frank zappa's 'dupree's paradise' & 'the perfect stranger'

* * * frank zappa / the ensemble modern: "the yellow shark" * * *

• ensemble modern

• peter rundel: cond

• frank zappa: cond

• hermann kretzschmar: voc

• hilary stuart: reading

• la la la human steps: dance
  

• 1992年09月16日 rehearsal 'alte oper gro?er saal', frankfurt, germany

  • a part of this rehearsal was shown on german television

  • 'food-gathering in post-industrial america 1992'

  • a recording of the broadcast circulates
    

• 1992年09月17日 concert 'alte oper gro?er saal', frankfurt, germany

  • (a part) of this concert was broadcast on television

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * food-gathering in post-industrial america 1992 * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado

  • a 90-minute fm recording of this broacast circulates

• ensemble modern

• peter rundel: cond

• hermann kretzschmar: vocals

• la la la human steps: dancing
  

• 1992年09月18日 concert 'alte oper gro?er saal', frankfurt, germany

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 115-minute audience recording of this concert circulates

  • part of this concert was broadcast on the radio

• ensemble modern

• peter rundel: cond

• frank zappa: cond

• hermann kretzschmar: vocals

• la la la human steps: dancing
  

• 1992年09月19日 concert 'alte oper gro?er saal', frankfurt, germany

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 115-minute audience recording of this concert circulates

• ensemble modern

• peter rundel: cond

• hermann kretzschmar: vocals

• la la la human steps: dancing
  

• 1992年09月22日 concert 'philharmonie', berlin, germany

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 120-minute audience recording of this concert circulates

  • part of this concert was broadcast on the radio: 110 min, fm recording
    

• 1992年09月23日 concert 'philharmonie', berlin, germany

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado * martin

  • an excellent 125-minute audience recording of this concert circulates
    

• 1992年09月26日 concert 'konzerthaus', vienna, austria

  • ...

  • a very good 100-minute audience recording of this concert circulates
    

• 1992年09月27日 concert 'konzerthaus', vienna, austria

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado

  • a very good 100-minute audience recording of this concert circulates
    

• 1992年09月28日 concert 'konzerthaus', vienna, austria

  • overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * food-gathering in post-industrial america 1992 * <phonecall with frank) * n-lite * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 122 minute audience recording circulates

in 1995 / 1996, the ensemble modern did a "yellow shark" reprise tour

• ensemble modern

• peter rundel: cond

• hermann kretzschmar: vocals
  

• 1995年11月18日 concert 'concertgebouw', amsterdam, the netherlands

  • dog breath variations * uncle meat * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado * amnerika * the be-bop tango * g-spot tornado

  • a very good 45-minute audience recording circulates

  • parts of the concert were broadcast on the radio:

    • fishbone (zuidam) * chant (zuidam) * study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.7 (nancarrow) * dog breath variations * uncle meat * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado

    • encores: amnerika * g-spot tornado
      

• 1996年02月26日 concert 'annexet', stockholm

  • dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * welcome to the united states * g-spot tornado

  • parts of the concert were broadcast on the radio

  • an excellent 65-minute fm recording of this broadcast circulates

• ensemble modern

• john adams: cond
  

• 1996年04月15日concert 'eisenhower auditorium', easton, usa

  • an audience recording of this concert circulates
    

• 1996年04月20日 "Ensemble Modern plays Varese, Nancarrow, Adams, Rihm, Zappa" - concert 'Alice Tully Hall', NYC, NY, usa

  • John Schaefer and John Adams press conference

  • the concert

    • Ensemble Modern - cond.John Adams

    • setlist

      • Octandre (Edgard Varese), Studies for Player Piano #5, #6, #7 (Conlon Nancarrow, arr.Yvar Mikhashoff), Chamber Symphony (John Adams), Scratchband (John Adams), Gejagte Form (Hunted Form) (Wolfgang Rihm), Music from "The Yellow Shark" (Frank Zappa) (= Get Whitey, The Girl In The Magnesium Dress, G-Spot Tornado)

    • encores

      • Dog/Meat (Frank Zappa), G-Spot Tornado (Frank Zappa)

• 1996年04月24日concert 'hill auditorium', ann arbor, usa

  • octandre (var鑚e) * study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.? (nancarrow) * study no.? (nancarrow) * ?? (adams) * ?? * scratchband (adams) * ?? * get whitey * the girl in the magnesium dress * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * g-spot tornado

• 1996年05月05日 radio show "klassisk cd-spanning" interview w/ j. scherwin, swedish radio

• ensemble modern

• peter rundel: cond

• hermann kretzschmar: voc
  

• 1997年05月16日 concert 'alte oper gro?er saal', frankfurt, germany

  • study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.7 (nancarrow) * study no.12 (nancarrow) * the perfect stranger * night school * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * moggio * dog breath variations * uncle meat * ourage at valdez * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado * welcome to the united states * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * louie louie outro

  • an audience recording of this concert circulates
    

• 1997年05月19日 concert 'philharmonie', k?ln, germany

  • study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.7 (nancarrow) * study no.12 (nancarrow) * the perfect stranger * night school * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * moggio * dog breath variations * uncle meat * ourage at valdez * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado

  • an audience recording of this concert circulates

• ensemble modern

• john adams: cond
  

• 1997年07月27日 concert 'royal albert hall', london, uk

  • the dog breath variations * uncle meat * get whitey * g-spot tornado * moggio

  • parts of this concert were broadcast on the radio

  • an recording of this broadcast circulates

in 2000, the ensemble modern performed / premiered "greggery peccary & other persuasions"

• ensemble modern

• peter e?tv?s: cond

• omar ebrahim: voc

• david moss: voc

• hermann kretzschmar: voc

• ali n.askin: sup, arr
  

• 2000年06月06日 concert 'e-werk m?hlheim', k?ln, germany

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * the dog breath variations * uncle meat * amnerika * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 105-minute audience recording circulates

  • part of the concert (without 'greggory peccary') was broadcast on the radio: 80 minute fm recording
    

• 2000年06月08日 concert 'muffathalle', munich, germany

  • ...

  • part of the concert (without 'greggory peccary') was broadcast on the radio: 70 minute fm recording

  • the fm broadcast: what will rumi do? * nite school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * amnerika
    

• 2000年06月10日 concert 'concertgebouw', amsterdam, the netherlands

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 100-minute audience recording circulates

  • part of the concert (without 'greggory peccary') was broadcast on the radio on 2000年12月04日 and repeated on 2002年08月18日: 62-minute fm recording

  • the fm broadcast: what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1
    

• 2000年07月05日 concert 'teatre comunale', bologna, italy

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * amnerika * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * dog breath variations * uncle meat * g-spot tornado * the steno pool at big swifty's

  • a 100-minute audience recording circulates
    

• 2000年07月09日 concert 'expo 2000 beatbox/halle 11', hannover, germany

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 100 minute recording circulates
    

• 2000年07月11日 concert 'schauspielhaus', berlin, germany

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * amnerika * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 110-minute recording circulates

• ensemble modern

• jonathan stockhammer: cond

• omar ebrahim: voc

• david moss: voc

• hermann kretzschmar: voc

• ali n.askin: sup, arr
  

• 2000年09月09日 concert 'landschaftspark kraftzentrale', duisburg, germany

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * put a motor in yourself * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 100-minute recording circulates
    

• 2000年09月10日 concert ' landschaftspark kraftzentrale', duisburg, germany

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * the steno pool at big swifty's * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 100-minute recording circulates

• (members of the) ensemble modern

• peter e?tv?s: cond, narr

• omar ebrahim: voc

• david moss: voc, narr

• hermann kretzschmar: voc, narr

• ali n.askin: sup, arr, narr

• thomas fichter: b, host
  

• 2000年11月28日 concert 'oper am willy-brandt-platz', frankfurt, germany

  • the adventures greggery peccary: particell (excerpt) * dental hygiene dilemma (excerpt) * a pig with wings *: trombone/violin duet from 'revised music for low budget orchestra'

  • an excellent 45-minute recording circulates
    

• 2000年11月29日 concert 'alte oper', frankfurt, germany

  • what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * the steno pool at big swifty's * g-spot tornado

  • an excellent 105-minute recording circulates

radio special:

• 2000年12月04日 dutch radio 4 radio show:
  • "frank zappa - greggary peccary and other persuasions" by the ensemble modern, concert 2000年06月10日
  • <radio introduction> * what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1
  • this radio show was rebroadcast on 2002年08月18日

concert

• the ensemble modern
• jonathan stockhammer: conductor
• omar ebrahim: voc
• david moss: voc
• ali n.askin: sup, arr
• syclavier-transcriptions: todd yvega
  
• 2002年07月14日 concert 'centre pompidou' in paris, france
  • ...

radio special:

• 2002年08月18日 dutch radio 4 repeated the "supplement" radio show that aired 2000年12月04日:
  • "frank zappa - greggary peccary and other persuasions" by the ensemble modern, concert 2000年06月10日
  • <radio introduction> * what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1

"Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (2000)"

• 2005年11月05日 Ensemble Modern - concert 'Festspielhaus', Baden-Baden, Germany

"The Yellow Shark (1993)"

• 2005年11月04日 Ensemble Modern - concert 'Festspielhaus', Baden-Baden, Germany

• 2005年11月05日 Ensemble Modern - concert 'Festspielhaus', Baden-Baden, Germany

• 2005年11月16日 Ensemble Modern - concert (excerpts from The Yellow Shark") - 'Th鰾tre du Ch穰elet', Paris, France

• 2005年11月17日 Ensemble Modern - concert (excerpts from the Yellow Shark") - 'Th鰾tre de Caen', Caen, France

"Nuit Contemporaine"

• 2007年11月17日 Ensemble Modern - concert 'l'Arsenal', Metz, France
  • ensemble modern, dir. franck ollu
  • the program
    • john adams: shaker loop (pour 7 cordes)
    • frank zappa: ruth is sleeping (pour 2 pianos)
    • steve reich: triple quartet
    • fran輟is sarhan: testimony

random notes

from: patrick neve (splat@darkwing.uoregon.edu)
the ensemble modern are still very active.their home page is at:
http://www.ensemblemodern.com/, and it contains full biographies of each member.it's worth checking out.(also see mark beam's story; he created the shark.)

they performed on the album the rage & the fury, which is a tribute to the music of edgard varese.this is a supposedly a fully finished album, sitting in the zappa vault, pining to be released to the public.
other treasures we can hope for in the future could include a home video of a yellow shark performance, and a documentary called aaafnraa; kind of a video counterpart to everything is healing nicely.

from: ensemble moderne
we are creating an exiting new project with zappa material for june 2000, using existing material that has never been on stage before. at that time i will be getting into contact with presenters in the us who would be interested.

from: patrick neve (splat@darkwing.uoregon.edu)
at the time of the yellow shark, the members of the e.m. were:

• dietmar wiesner piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute
• catherine milliken oboe, english horn, baritone oboe, didjeridoo
• roland diry clarinet
• wolfgang stryi tenor sax, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
• veit scholz bassoon, contrabassoon
• william formann trumpet, fleugel horn
• michael gross trumpet, fleugel horn
• franck ollu french horn
• stefan dohr french horn
• uwe dierksen trombone, pygmy trombone
• michael svoboda bass trombone, alp horn, didjeridoo, conch
• daryl smith tuba
• peter rundel violin 1
• mathias tacke violin 2
• hilary sturt viola
• friedemann d臧n cello
• thomas fichter contrabass, electric bass
• detlef tewes mandolin
• j?rgen ruck guitar, banjo
• ueli wiget harp
• hermann kretzschmar piano, celeste
• rumi ogawa-helferich cymbalom, percussion
• rainer r?mer musical saw, percussion
• andreas b?ttger marimba, percussion
• ali askin copyist

from: wy (mats.erwo@mailbox.swipnet.se) - date: sun, 25 jun 2000 01:36:06 +0200
subject: ensemble modern: greggery peccary & other persuasions
http://www.ensemble-modern.com/english/index.htm

ensemble modern plays frank zappa

the new tour starts on june 6 in cologne

after the overwhelming success of the yellow shark, this year the ensemble modern does another tour with a frank zappa program. the composer ali n. askin, who already did the arrangements of the yellow shark project in collaboration with the composer, is also responsible for the new program greggery peccary & other persuasions. the titles refers to the piece "the adventures of greggery peccary", whose arrangement holds original but unpublished parts and voices of zappa and thus will be a true premiere. further pieces, among them "the black page no 1", "revised music for low budget orchestra", "night school" and "put a motor in yourself", are also amlost completely arrangements from the year 2000. for working on the synclavier pieces like "the beltway bandits", askin collaborated with zappa's synclavier player todd yvega. an interview with ali n. askin can be found in the last newsletter (pdf file, 303kb)

the conductor is peter eotvos, soloists are the vocal artist david moss and the english baritone omar ebrahim.

greggery peccary & other persuasions is a co-production of ensemble modern, musiktriennale koeln 2000, musica viva/bayerischer rundfunk, holland festival, comitato bologna/angelica festival, expo 2000 hannover gmbh, konzerthaus berlin/mom gmbh & co. classic open air kg, kulturruhr/musik im industrieraum.

the ensemble modern wants to thank arabel von karajan for her generous support.

greggery peccary & other persuasions

arr.: ali n. askin; synclavier-transcriptions: todd yvega

conductor: peter eotvos

soloists: omar ebrahim, david moss (both voice)

sound director: nobert ommer

dates:

06.06.2000, 8.00 pm, cologne, e-werk (musiktriennale 2000)

tickets: www.koelnticket.de

08.06.2000, 8.00 pm, munich, muffathalle (musica viva)

tickets: munich ticket 089-54 81 81 81

10.06.2000, 3.00 pm, amsterdam, concertgebouw (holland festival)

tickets: www.concertgebouw.nl or www.uitlijn.nl

05.07.2000, 9.00 pm, bologna, teatro communale (bologna 2000,

kulturhauptstadt)

tickets: 0039-051-374877

09./10.07.2000, 7.30 pm, hannover, expo 2000 konzerthaus

tickets: expo2000.de

11.07.2000, 8.00 pm, berlin, gendarmenmarkt

tickets: 030-69 80 75 22 or 030-8 09 90 90

09./10.09.2000, 8.00 pm, duisburg, kraftzentrale (kultur ruhr)

tickets: 0201-8872050

add. informants:
- Uli Mrosek
- Jon Naurin
- Wouter Bessels