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| − | The '''Ensemble Modern''' is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, [[Germany]], and made up variously of about twenty members. They worked with Zappa on: | + | The '''Ensemble Modern''' is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]], and made up variously of about twenty members. They worked with Zappa on: |
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Latest revision as of 10:10, 15 August 2026
Frank Zappa rehearsing with Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, September 1992
The Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members. They worked with Zappa on:
In 2002 they recorded: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions.
Members of the Ensemble during the The Yellow Shark/EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely) 1992 recordings
- 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
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- 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
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Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
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- Manon Morris (harp)
- Detlef Tewes (mandolin, mandola)
- Jürgen Ruck (guitar, electric guitar, banjo)
- Mats Bergström (guitar, electric guitar)
- Jagdish Mistry (violin)
- Freya Ritts-Kirby (violin)
- Susan Knight (viola)
- Tom Dunn (viola)
- Eva Böcker (cello)
- Michael M. Kasper (cello)
- Christopher Brandt (electric bass)
- Corin Long (double bass)
- Norbert Ommer (sound director)
- Ali N. Askin (arrangements, transcriptions, sampling, sample arrangement and on track #10: Steno Pool choir)
- Omar Ebrahim (voice on track #10: Greggery Peccary)
- David Moss (voices on track #10: narrator, Billy the Mountain, Quentin Robert DeNameland)
- Todd Yvega (synclavier transcriptions, sampling, sample arrangement)
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