Name: Ensemble Modern Orchestra
Start: 2023-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Berliner Philharmonie

Organization

Musikfest Berlin

Conductor

George Benjamin

Singer

Anna Prohaska

Soprano

Orchestra

Ensemble Modern

Ensemble Modern Orchestra

Berlin

Germany

Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmonie

Großer Saal

Ensemble Modern Orchestra: Spira (2019) Chin (+4 More)

Public

Private

Spira

Cloudline (2021)

Cantico delle Creature (2022/2023)

A Mind of Winter

Glut (2016)

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Bass

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Mit dem Ensemble Modern verbindet Sir George Benjamin eine inzwischen über 30-jährige Zusammenarbeit, die sich in zahlreichen bedeutenden Uraufführungen manifestierte. Im Programm mit dem Ensemble Modern Orchestra stehen brandaktuelle Werke im Blickpunkt, die alle farblichen und expressiven Trümpfe des großen Instrumentalapparates ziehen.

Das Orchester als Katalysator kompositorischer Energien: Dieter Ammanns „Glut“ (2014/16) entfacht das orchestrale Feuer mit vielfarbigen Klangmassierungen, dramatischer Polyphonie und markanter Rhythmik. Eine ähnliche Klangpracht entfaltet Unsuk Chins „SPIRA“ (2019), das, ausgehend von gestrichenen Vibraphonen, in unzähligen Farbschattierungen funkelt. Aus mikrotonal irisierenden Klangflächen geht Elizabeth Ogoneks „Cloudline“ (2021) hervor und bewegt sich in eine immer größere motivische Prägnanz hinein. Benjamin hat mit „A Mind of Winter“ (1981) ein betörend melancholisches Orchesterlied geschaffen, das den äußeren und ‚inneren’ Winter in Wallace Stevens’ Gedicht „A Snow Man“ in suggestiven Farben nachempfindet. Besonders gespannt sein darf man auf die Uraufführung von Francesco Filideis „Cantico delle Creature“ (2022/2023), ein Kompositionsauftrag des Ensemble Modern, der Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice Genova und der Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin.

Deutsch

Sir George Benjamin’s collaboration with the Ensemble Modern now extends for over 30 years and has manifested itself in a series of important world premieres. His programme with the Ensemble Modern Orchestra features utterly contemporary works that use all the colourful and expressive assets of the full-scale orchestra.

The orchestra acts as a catalyst for the energies of the composers: Dieter Ammann’s “Glut” (2014/16) ignites the orchestral fire with its multi-coloured tone clusters, dramatic polyphony and striking rhythms. A similar tonal splendour is displayed in Unsuk Chin’s “SPIRA” (2019), which, starting with bowed vibraphones, sparkles in countless shades of colour. Elizabeth Ogonek’s “Cloudline” (2021) grows out of microtonally iridescent tone surfaces, shifting towards ever more incisive motifs. With “A Mind of Winter” (1981) Benjamin has created a bewitchingly melancholy song for orchestra that recreates the external and internal winters in Wallace Stevens’ poem “A Snow Man” in suggestive colours. And there is also a world premiere to look forward to: Francesco Filidei’s “Cantico delle Creature” (2022/2023), a composition commissioned by the Ensemble Modern, the Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice Genova and the Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin.

English

Ensemble Modern Orchestra by Chin, Ogonek, Filidei, Benjamin, Ammann, D., From (2023/2023), Conductor George Benjamin, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues