Ensemble Modern stages a post-war Modernist revival

By Kurt Gottschalk, 06 July 2024

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“such pastiche is more postmodern than post-war modern, but Paxton put his unique stamp on it”

Reviewed at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main on 3 July 2024

Paxton, Scrunchy Touch Sweetly to Fall (Kite n Finger run)

Sowa, Friction of the Wooden Dragon (World premiere)

Gryvul, Skvyrk (World premiere)

Kryeziu, Infuse: Playtime

Yazdani, Shimmering of White Phosphorus (World premiere)

Norbert Ommer, Sound Design

Ensemble Modern

Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor

Ensemble Modern brings music of global migration to New York City

Kurt Gottschalk, 13th April

Ensemble Modern devote a night at Zankel Hall to musical tracings of migratory patterns with works by ex-pat composers born in Cuba, South Africa and the United States.

****1

Ensemble Modern the ultimate precision instrument in Amsterdam

Eleanor Knight, 16th September

Sir George Benjamin conducts Ligeti and his own Into the Little Hill at the Concertgebouw.

****1

Sounds of nature: Francesco Filidei world premiere in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 3rd September

At the Musikfest Berlin, Sir George Benjamin and the Ensemble Modern present an all-contemporary programme reflecting on nature, including Cantico delle Creature.

*****

Sound and Vision: Enno Poppe and Arnulf Herrmann in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th August

On the third night of the Musikfest Berlin, Enno Poppe conducts Ensemble Modern in a double-feature concert that explores the potential of sound.

***11

Ensemble Modern at the Roundhouse

Benjamin Poore, 6th March

Bold and colourful invocations of twentieth-century classics from Ensemble Modern and composer George Benjamin.

****1

Larcher's The Hunting Gun premieres in Bregenz

Sarah Batschelet, 15th August

The restrained pacing of Larcher's opera suited the intimate setting of the Werkstattbühne.

****1

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Ensemble Modern stages a post-war Modernist revival, because we're never really post-war