Ensemble Modern III

Portrait Ruth Crawford Seeger: Solos / Duos / Ensemble

Hier im Duo: Ruth Crawford Seeger mit ihrem Sohn Mike im Schnee, ca. 1935 – Frau und Kind im Schnee.

A matinée of chamber music – but in this case a special event: in a strictly choreographed concert design, the Ensemble Modern traces the numerous experimental forms that composer Ruth Crawford Seeger employed in her brief career in the interwar years, from dissonant counterpoint to serial techniques. The third part of this portrait series presents the US composer’s chamber works.

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 – 1953)

String Quartet (1931)

Sonata (1926)

for violin and piano

Diaphonic Suite No. 1 (1930)

for oboe or flute solo

1st movement: Fl (Ob)

2nd movement: Ob (Fl)  

Little Waltz (1922)

for piano

Little Lullaby (1923)

for piano

Mr. Crow and Miss Wreng go for a walk - a little study in short trills (1923)

for piano

Whirligig (1923)

for piano

Jumping the Rope (Playtime) (1923)

for piano

We Dance Together (1926)

for piano

Caprice (1923)

for piano

Diaphonic Suite No. 1 (1930)

for oboe or flute solo

3rd movement: Fl (Ob)

4th movement: Ob (Fl)    

Piano Sonata (1923)

Diaphonic Suite No. 2 (1930)

for bassoon and violoncello  

Kaleidoscopic Changes on an Original Theme Ending with a Fugue (1924)

Suite (1952)

for wind quintet

Five canons (1924)

for piano

Diaphonic Suite No. 3 (1930)

for two clarinets

Theme and Variations (1923)

for piano

Diaphonic Suite No. 4 (1930)

for oboe and violoncello

Movements 1&2

Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930)

Diaphonic Suite No. 4 (1930)

for oboe and violoncello

Movement 3

9 Preludes (1924 – 28)

for piano

10:10, Exhibition Foyer

Work introduction

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 15/September/2024 11:00
• Venue Philharmonie Berlin
• Address Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten