Ensemble Modern
The Ensemble Modern worked with Zappa to create The Yellow Shark, Civilization Phaze III, & (EIHN) 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