Ensemble Modern

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

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

Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions

Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor)
Dietmar Wiesner (flute, piccolo)
Catherine Milliken (oboe, English horn, oboe d'amore)
Roland Diry (clarinets)
Wolfgang Stryi (bass clarinet, saxophone)
Johannes Rupe (bassoon, contrabassoon)
Simon Breyer (horn)
Valentin Garvie (trumpet)
Sava Stoianov (trumpet)
Uwe Dierksen (trombone)
Jozsef Juhasz (tuba)
Rumi Ogawa (percussion)
Rainer Römer (percussion)
Pascal Pons (percussion)
Hermann Kretzschmar (piano, sampler, synthesizer)
Ueli Wiget (piano, sampler, synthesizer)

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)

External links

Wikipedia:Ensemble Modern