ensemble modern The Ensemble Modern has performed Frank Zappa's music on various occasions. September 17 - 19, 1992, the ensemble, conducted by Peter Rundel, performed Zappa's "The Yellow Shark" at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany. Frank Zappa attended the concerts and conducted one piece. The picture on the right shows the program booklet for this event. In 2002, Jonathan Stockhammer became the director of the ensemble. With Jonathan Stockhammer, the ensemble recorded "Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa - Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions". The Frank Zappa / Ensemble Modern collaboration was documented on various albums: "The Yellow Shark", "Civilisation Phaze III", "Everything Is Healing Nicely", and "Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions."

concerts

1987/xx/xx concert germany;

performing frank zappa's 'dupree's paradise' & 'the perfect stranger'

* * * frank zappa / the ensemble modern: "the yellow shark" * * *

ensemble modern

peter rundel : cond

frank zappa : cond

hermann kretzschmar : voc

hilary stuart : reading

la la la human steps : dance



1992/09/16 rehearsal 'alte oper großer saal', frankfurt, germany a part of this rehearsal was shown on german television 'food-gathering in post-industrial america 1992' a recording of the broadcast circulates



1992/09/17 concert 'alte oper großer saal', frankfurt, germany (a part) of this concert was broadcast on television overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * food-gathering in post-industrial america 1992 * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado a 90-minute fm recording of this broacast circulates



ensemble modern

peter rundel : cond

hermann kretzschmar : vocals

la la la human steps : dancing



1992/09/18 concert 'alte oper großer saal', frankfurt, germany overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado an excellent 115-minute audience recording of this concert circulates part of this concert was broadcast on the radio



ensemble modern

peter rundel : cond

frank zappa : cond

hermann kretzschmar : vocals

la la la human steps : dancing



1992/09/19 concert 'alte oper großer saal', frankfurt, germany overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado an excellent 115-minute audience recording of this concert circulates



ensemble modern

peter rundel : cond

hermann kretzschmar : vocals

la la la human steps : dancing



1992/09/22 concert 'philharmonie', berlin, germany overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado an excellent 120-minute audience recording of this concert circulates part of this concert was broadcast on the radio: 110 min, fm recording



1992/09/23 concert 'philharmonie', berlin, germany overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado * martin an excellent 125-minute audience recording of this concert circulates



1992/09/26 concert 'konzerthaus', vienna, austria ... a very good 100-minute audience recording of this concert circulates



1992/09/27 concert 'konzerthaus', vienna, austria overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * chairs & brooms * beat the reaper * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * g-spot tornado a very good 100-minute audience recording of this concert circulates



1992/09/28 concert 'konzerthaus', vienna, austria overture * dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * times beach II * III revised 1992 * the girl in the magnesium dress * the be-bop tango * food-gathering in post-industrial america 1992 * <phonecall with frank) * n-lite * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * none of the above I * pentagon afternoon * questi cazzi di piccione * times beach III * welcome to the united states * a pound for a brown on the bus * get whitey * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * g-spot tornado an excellent 122 minute audience recording circulates



in 1995 / 1996, the ensemble modern did a "yellow shark" reprise tour

ensemble modern

peter rundel : cond

hermann kretzschmar : vocals



1995/11/18 concert 'concertgebouw', amsterdam, the netherlands dog breath variations * uncle meat * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado * amnerika * the be-bop tango * g-spot tornado a very good 45-minute audience recording circulates parts of the concert were broadcast on the radio: fishbone (zuidam) * chant (zuidam) * study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.7 (nancarrow) * dog breath variations * uncle meat * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado encores: amnerika * g-spot tornado



1996/02/26 concert 'annexet', stockholm dog breath variations * uncle meat * outrage at valdez * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * welcome to the united states * g-spot tornado parts of the concert were broadcast on the radio an excellent 65-minute fm recording of this broadcast circulates



ensemble modern

john adams : cond



1996/04/15 concert 'eisenhower auditorium', easton, usa an audience recording of this concert circulates



1996/04/20 "Ensemble Modern plays Varese, Nancarrow, Adams, Rihm, Zappa" - concert 'Alice Tully Hall', NYC, NY, usa John Schaefer and John Adams press conference the concert Ensemble Modern - cond.John Adams setlist Octandre (Edgard Varese), Studies for Player Piano #5, #6, #7 (Conlon Nancarrow, arr.Yvar Mikhashoff), Chamber Symphony (John Adams), Scratchband (John Adams), Gejagte Form (Hunted Form) (Wolfgang Rihm), Music from "The Yellow Shark" (Frank Zappa) (= Get Whitey, The Girl In The Magnesium Dress, G-Spot Tornado) encores Dog/Meat (Frank Zappa), G-Spot Tornado (Frank Zappa)

1996/04/24 concert 'hill auditorium', ann arbor, usa octandre (varèse) * study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.? (nancarrow) * study no.? (nancarrow) * ?? (adams) * ?? * scratchband (adams) * ?? * get whitey * the girl in the magnesium dress * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * g-spot tornado



1996/05/05 radio show "klassisk cd-spanning" interview w/ j. scherwin, swedish radio

ensemble modern

peter rundel : cond

hermann kretzschmar : voc



1997/05/16 concert 'alte oper großer saal', frankfurt, germany study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.7 (nancarrow) * study no.12 (nancarrow) * the perfect stranger * night school * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * moggio * dog breath variations * uncle meat * ourage at valdez * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado * welcome to the united states * g-spot tornado * dog breath variations * uncle meat * louie louie outro an audience recording of this concert circulates



1997/05/19 concert 'philharmonie', köln, germany study no.5 (nancarrow) * study no.7 (nancarrow) * study no.12 (nancarrow) * the perfect stranger * night school * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * moggio * dog breath variations * uncle meat * ourage at valdez * the girl in the magnesium dress * ruth is sleeping * amnerika * the be-bop tango * get whitey * g-spot tornado an audience recording of this concert circulates



ensemble modern

john adams : cond



1997/07/27 concert 'royal albert hall', london, uk the dog breath variations * uncle meat * get whitey * g-spot tornado * moggio parts of this concert were broadcast on the radio an recording of this broadcast circulates



in 2000, the ensemble modern performed / premiered "greggery peccary & other persuasions"

ensemble modern

peter eötvös : cond

omar ebrahim : voc

david moss : voc

hermann kretzschmar : voc

ali n. askin : sup, arr



2000/06/06 concert 'e-werk mühlheim', köln, germany what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * the dog breath variations * uncle meat * amnerika * g-spot tornado an excellent 105-minute audience recording circulates part of the concert (without 'greggory peccary') was broadcast on the radio: 80 minute fm recording



2000/06/08 concert 'muffathalle', munich, germany ... part of the concert (without 'greggory peccary') was broadcast on the radio: 70 minute fm recording the fm broadcast: what will rumi do? * nite school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * amnerika



2000/06/10 concert 'concertgebouw', amsterdam, the netherlands what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * g-spot tornado an excellent 100-minute audience recording circulates part of the concert (without 'greggory peccary') was broadcast on the radio on 2000/12/04 and repeated on 2002/08/18: 62-minute fm recording the fm broadcast: what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1



2000/07/05 concert 'teatre comunale', bologna, italy what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * amnerika * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * dog breath variations * uncle meat * g-spot tornado * the steno pool at big swifty's a 100-minute audience recording circulates



2000/07/09 concert 'expo 2000 beatbox/halle 11', hannover, germany what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * g-spot tornado an excellent 100 minute recording circulates



2000/07/11 concert 'schauspielhaus', berlin, germany what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * amnerika * g-spot tornado an excellent 110-minute recording circulates



ensemble modern

jonathan stockhammer : cond

omar ebrahim : voc

david moss : voc

hermann kretzschmar : voc

ali n. askin : sup, arr



2000/09/09 concert 'landschaftspark kraftzentrale ', duisburg, germany what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * put a motor in yourself * g-spot tornado an excellent 100-minute recording circulates



2000/09/10 concert ' landschaftspark kraftzentrale ', duisburg, germany what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * the steno pool at big swifty's * g-spot tornado an excellent 100-minute recording circulates



(members of the) ensemble modern

peter eötvös : cond, narr

omar ebrahim : voc

david moss : voc, narr

hermann kretzschmar : voc, narr

ali n. askin : sup, arr, narr

thomas fichter : b, host



2000/11/28 concert 'oper am willy-brandt-platz', frankfurt, germany the adventures greggery peccary: particell (excerpt) * dental hygiene dilemma (excerpt) * a pig with wings *: trombone/violin duet from 'revised music for low budget orchestra' an excellent 45-minute recording circulates



2000/11/29 concert 'alte oper', frankfurt, germany what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 * the adventures of greggery peccary * peaches en regalia * the steno pool at big swifty's * g-spot tornado an excellent 105-minute recording circulates



radio special:

2000/12/04 dutch radio 4 radio show: "frank zappa - greggary peccary and other persuasions" by the ensemble modern, concert 2000/06/10 <radio introduction> * what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1 this radio show was rebroadcast on 2002/08/18



concert

the ensemble modern

jonathan stockhammer : conductor

: conductor omar ebrahim : voc

: voc david moss : voc

: voc ali n. askin : sup, arr

: sup, arr syclavier-transcriptions: todd yvega



2002/07/14 concert 'centre pompidou' in paris, france ...



radio special:

2002/08/18 dutch radio 4 repeated the "supplement" radio show that aired 2000/12/04: "frank zappa - greggary peccary and other persuasions" by the ensemble modern, concert 2000/06/10 <radio introduction> * what will rumi do ? * night school * revised music for low budget orchestra * the dangerous kitchen * envelopes * the beltway bandits * a pig with wings * dental hygiene dilemma * moggio * naval aviation in art ? * put a motor in yourself * the black page drum solo/black page #1



"Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (2000)"

2005/11/05 Ensemble Modern - concert 'Festspielhaus', Baden-Baden, Germany

"The Yellow Shark (1993)"

2005/11/04 Ensemble Modern - concert 'Festspielhaus', Baden-Baden, Germany

2005/11/05 Ensemble Modern - concert 'Festspielhaus', Baden-Baden, Germany

2005/11/16 Ensemble Modern - concert (excerpts from The Yellow Shark") - 'Théâtre du Châtelet', Paris, France

2005/11/17 Ensemble Modern - concert (excerpts from the Yellow Shark") - 'Théâtre de Caen', Caen, France

"Nuit Contemporaine"

2007/11/17 Ensemble Modern - concert 'l'Arsenal', Metz, France ensemble modern, dir. franck ollu the program john adams: shaker loop (pour 7 cordes) frank zappa: ruth is sleeping (pour 2 pianos) steve reich: triple quartet françois sarhan: testimony

- concert 'l'Arsenal', Metz, France

random notes

from: patrick neve (splat@darkwing.uoregon.edu)

the ensemble modern are still very active. their home page is at:

http://www.ensemblemodern.com/, and it contains full biographies of each member. it's worth checking out. (also see mark beam's story; he created the shark.)

they performed on the album the rage & the fury, which is a tribute to the music of edgard varese. this is a supposedly a fully finished album, sitting in the zappa vault, pining to be released to the public.

other treasures we can hope for in the future could include a home video of a yellow shark performance, and a documentary called aaafnraa; kind of a video counterpart to everything is healing nicely.

from: ensemble moderne

we are creating an exiting new project with zappa material for june 2000, using existing material that has never been on stage before. at that time i will be getting into contact with presenters in the us who would be interested.

from: patrick neve (splat@darkwing.uoregon.edu)

at the time of the yellow shark, the members of the e.m. were:

dietmar wiesner piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute

catherine milliken oboe, english horn, baritone oboe, didjeridoo

roland diry clarinet

wolfgang stryi tenor sax, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet

veit scholz bassoon, contrabassoon

william formann trumpet, fleugel horn

michael gross trumpet, fleugel horn

franck ollu french horn

stefan dohr french horn

uwe dierksen trombone, pygmy trombone

michael svoboda bass trombone, alp horn, didjeridoo, conch

daryl smith tuba

peter rundel violin 1

mathias tacke violin 2

hilary sturt viola

friedemann dähn cello

thomas fichter contrabass, electric bass

detlef tewes mandolin

jürgen ruck guitar, banjo

ueli wiget harp

hermann kretzschmar piano, celeste

rumi ogawa-helferich cymbalom, percussion

rainer römer musical saw, percussion

andreas böttger marimba, percussion

ali askin copyist

from: wy (mats.erwo@mailbox.swipnet.se) - date: sun, 25 jun 2000 01:36:06 +0200

subject: ensemble modern: greggery peccary & other persuasions

http://www.ensemble-modern.com/english/index.htm

ensemble modern plays frank zappa



the new tour starts on june 6 in cologne

after the overwhelming success of the yellow shark, this year the ensemble modern does another tour with a frank zappa program. the composer ali n. askin, who already did the arrangements of the yellow shark project in collaboration with the composer, is also responsible for the new program greggery peccary & other persuasions. the titles refers to the piece "the adventures of greggery peccary", whose arrangement holds original but unpublished parts and voices of zappa and thus will be a true premiere. further pieces, among them "the black page no 1", "revised music for low budget orchestra", "night school" and "put a motor in yourself", are also amlost completely arrangements from the year 2000. for working on the synclavier pieces like "the beltway bandits", askin collaborated with zappa's synclavier player todd yvega. an interview with ali n. askin can be found in the last newsletter (pdf file, 303kb)

the conductor is peter eotvos, soloists are the vocal artist david moss and the english baritone omar ebrahim.

greggery peccary & other persuasions is a co-production of ensemble modern, musiktriennale koeln 2000, musica viva/bayerischer rundfunk, holland festival, comitato bologna/angelica festival, expo 2000 hannover gmbh, konzerthaus berlin/mom gmbh & co. classic open air kg, kulturruhr/musik im industrieraum.

the ensemble modern wants to thank arabel von karajan for her generous support.

greggery peccary & other persuasions

arr.: ali n. askin; synclavier-transcriptions: todd yvega

conductor: peter eotvos

soloists: omar ebrahim, david moss (both voice)

sound director: nobert ommer

dates:

06.06.2000, 8.00 pm, cologne, e-werk (musiktriennale 2000)

tickets: www.koelnticket.de

08.06.2000, 8.00 pm, munich, muffathalle (musica viva)

tickets: munich ticket 089-54 81 81 81

10.06.2000, 3.00 pm, amsterdam, concertgebouw (holland festival)

tickets: www.concertgebouw.nl or www.uitlijn.nl

05.07.2000, 9.00 pm, bologna, teatro communale (bologna 2000,

kulturhauptstadt)

tickets: 0039-051-374877

09./10.07.2000, 7.30 pm, hannover, expo 2000 konzerthaus

tickets: expo2000.de

11.07.2000, 8.00 pm, berlin, gendarmenmarkt

tickets: 030-69 80 75 22 or 030-8 09 90 90

09./10.09.2000, 8.00 pm, duisburg, kraftzentrale (kultur ruhr)

tickets: 0201-8872050

add. informants:

- Uli Mrosek

- Jon Naurin

- Wouter Bessels