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.

Ruth Crawford Seeger im Kreis von Kindern

The further 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.

Works performed:

Katherine Balch

New work for ensemble

Johanna Magdalena Beyer

Suite from chamber music works, compiled by Hermann Kretzschmar

Ruth Crawford Seeger

Suite No. 1 for five wind instruments and piano

Ruth Crawford Seeger

Suite No. 2 for strings and piano

Ruth Crawford Seeger

Music for Small Orchestra

Ruth Crawford Seeger

Rissolty Rossolty for orchestra

Tania Leon

Hechizos for chamber orchestra

Tania Leon

Rítmicos for chamber orchestra

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Additional information

15:10, Exhibition Foyer

Work introduction

Participating artists

Ensemble Modern

David Niemann

City of music

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