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Ensemble Modern II Portrait Ruth Crawford Seeger: Ensemble music

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Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 16:00
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.

Keywords: Musikfest Berlin

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Musicians

Ensemble ModernEnsemble
David NiemannConductor

Program

Rissolty RossoltyRuth Crawford Seeger
Suite No. 1 for five winds and pianoRuth Crawford Seeger
HechizosTania León
Suite No. 2 for strings and pianoRuth Crawford Seeger
country radioKatherine Balch
Suite from chamber worksJohanna Magdalena Beyer
RítmicosTania León
Music for Small OrchestraRuth Crawford Seeger
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