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In this programme the Ensemble Modern introduces the large-scale ensemble works of the American composer Ruth Crawford Seeger that are full of the delight in experimentation and the courage to pursue untrodden paths that characterised the 1920s. The futher pieces of this portrait concert also shed light on the present day, with the world premiere of a composition by the young American Katherine Balch and Tania León’s Ritmicas from 2019 – demonstrating where Seeger’s ideas continue to have a direct or indirect effect.
Artists
Ensemble Modern
David Niemann conductor
Programme
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Rissolty Rossolty for orchestra
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Suite No. 1 for five winds and piano
Tania León
Hechizos for chamber orchestra
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Suite No. 2 for strings and piano
Katherine Balch
country radio for ensemble
Johanna Magdalena Beyer
Suite from chamber works arrangend by Hermann Kretzschmar
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Music for Small Orchestra
Tania León
Rítmicos for chamber orchestra
Additional information
A Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin eventSupported by the Capital Cultural FundEnsemble Modern would like to thank the Library of Congress in Washington for its kind support in researching Ruth Crawford Seeger’s music.
Chamber Music Hall
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15:10
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