Ensemble Modern

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The Ensemble Modern worked with Zappa to create The Yellow Shark, Civilization Phaze III, & Everything Is Healing Nicely. The colaboration is also documented on the "Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa - Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions." Members of the Ensemble are:

Peter Rundel - Conductor, Violin

Dietmar Wiesner - Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute

Catherine Milliken - Oboe, Baritone Oboe, English Horn, Didgeridoo

Roland Diry - Clarinet

Wolfgang Stryi - Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone

Veit Scholz - Bassoon, Contrabassoon

Franck Ollu - French Horn

Stefan Dohr - French Horn

William Formann - Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet

Michael Gross = Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet

Uwe Dierksen - Trombone, Soprano Trombone

Michael Svoboda - Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Didgeridoo, Alphorn, Conch

Daryl Smith - Tuba

Hermann Kretzschmar - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Dramatic Reading

Ueli Wiget - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Harp

Rainer Römer - Percussion

Rumi Ogawa-Helferich - Percussion, Cymbalom

Andreas Böttger - Percussion

Detlef Tewes - Mandolin

Jürgen Ruck - Guitar, Banjo

Ellen Wegner - Harp

Mathias Tacke - Violin

Claudia Sack - Violin

Hilary Sturt - Viola, Dramatic Reading

Friedemann Dähn - Cello

Thomas Fichter - Contrabass, Electrocontrabass, Electric Bass

Special Guest: L. Shankar - violin