Ensemble Modern II

Portrait Ruth Crawford Seeger: Ensemble music; David Niemann, conductor; Beyer / Crawford Seeger / Balch / Léon

Ruth Crawford Seeger arrangierte nicht nur Folksongs für Kinder, sondern beteiligt sich in den 1940er Jahren auch am Musikunterricht im Kindergarten ihrer Tochter. – Kniende Frau im Kreis von Kindern

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 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.

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 – 1953)

Rissolty Rossolty (1939 – 41)

for orchestra  

Suite Nr. 1 (1927)

for five wind instruments and piano 

Tania León (*1943)

Hechízos (1995)

for chamber orchestra

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 – 1953)

Suite Nr. 2 (1929)

for four strings and piano

Katherine Balch (*1991)

country radio (2024)

for ensemble

A work commissioned by Ensemble Modern, supported by Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne

Johanna Magdalena Beyer (1888 – 1944)

Suite from various chamber music works

arranged by Hermann Kretzschmar

String quartet II (1936)

1st movement

Dissonant Counterpoint 8 (1931-1934)

for piano

Lentamente from Suite (1939)

for oboe and bassoon

Woodwind Trio no. 1 (ca. 1941-1943)

for flute, oboe and bassoon

Suite no. 1 (1932)

for clarinet

Movement 1 and 6 (1939)

for oboe and piano

String Quartet II (1936)

4th movement

Tania León (*1943)

Rítmicas (2019)

for chamber orchestra

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 – 1953)

Music for Small Orchestra (1926)

Artists/Collaborators: David Niemann

15:10, Exhibition Foyer

Work introduction

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 14/September/2024 16:00
• Venue Philharmonie Berlin
• Address Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten