Ensemble Modern Orchestra

1998
1st Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Helmut Lachenmann: Schwankungen am Rand (1974/75)
Heiner Goebbels: Walden (1998) (premiere), commissioned by the EMO
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Locations: Hannover, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Cologne, Frankfurt

1999
2nd Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Charles Ives: Fourth Symphony (1909-16)
Michael Gordon: Sunshine of Your Love (1999) (premiere)
commissioned by the EMO
John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music (1999) (European premiere)
commissioned by the EMO a.o.
Conductor: John Adams
Locations: Edinburgh, Cologne, Luzern, Frankfurt, Bochum, Bremen, Turin

2000
3rd Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Olivier Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Etoiles (1974)
Conductor: George Benjamin
Locations: Gütersloh, Frankfurt, Berlin

4th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Tristan Murail: Gondwana (1980)
Magnus Lindberg: Cantigas (1999) (European premiere)
Hanspeter Kyburz: Klavierkonzert (2000) (premiere of complete version)
George Benjamin: Sudden Time (1990-93)
Conductor: George Benjamin
Locations: Cologne, Frankfurt, Vienna

5th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Luigi Nono: Prometeo - tragedia dell'ascolto (1981-85)
Conductors: Emilio Pomarico, Yoichi Sugiyama
Locations: Bochum, Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna, Mailand

2001
6th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Earth Dances (1985)
Arnold Schönberg: Vier Lieder für Gesang und Orchester op. 22 (1913/16)
Hanspeter Kyburz: Noesis (2001) (German and Austrian premieres)
Pierre Boulez: Notations I-IV (1980), VII (1998)
Locations: Munich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Cologne, Basel
Conductor: Pierre Boulez

2003
7th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
György Ligeti: Melodien (1971)
Franco Donatoni: Le Ruisseau sur l'éscalier (1980)
Hans Abrahamsen: Concerto for piano and orchestra (1999/2000)
György Ligeti: Doppelkonzert für Flöte, Oboe und Orchester (1972)
George Benjamin: Palimpsest I/II (2000/2002)
Conductor: George Benjamin
Locations: Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt

2004
8th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
program I
Luigi Nono: Prometeo – tragedia dell'ascolto (1981-85)
Conductors: Ingo Metzmacher und Baldur Brönnimann
Location: Cologne, MusikTriennale

program II
Luigi Nono: Compositione per orchestra (1951)
Igor Strawinsky: Requiem canticles (1966)
Luigi Nono: A Carlo Scarpa Architetto Ai Suoi Infiniti Possibiliti (1985)
Luigi Nono: Il canto sospeso (1955-56)
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Locations: Frankfurt und Cologne

9th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Klaus Huber: Die Seele muss vom Reittier steigen (2002)
Harrison Birtwistle: Theseus Game (Schweizer EA) (2002)
Luigi Dallapiccola: Canti di prigionia (1938-41)
Gideon Klein, Madrigal (1943)
Olivier Messiaen/Clytus Gottwald: Louange à l'éternité de Jésus
György Ligieti: Lux Aeterna (1966)
Luigi Nono: Il canto Sospeso (1955-56)
Conductors: Heinz Holliger, Martyn Brabbins, Pierre André Valade
Location: Lucerne Festival, Berlin

2005
10th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
proram I
Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64
Helmut Lachenmann: Ausklang (1984-85)
Conductor: Markus Stenz
Locations: Lucerne Festival, Frankfurt (Auftakt)
program II
Helmut Lachenmann: Ausklang (1984-85), Kontrakadenz (1970-71), Nun (1997-99)
Conductor: Markus Stenz
Location: Berlin

2007
11th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
Mark Andre: ...auf... II (2005-2007) (premiere, French and Holland premiere)
Edgard Varèse: Amériques (1921/ rev. 1929)
Enno Poppe: Obst (2006) (French and Holland premiere)
Matthias Pintscher: Towards Osiris (2005) (French and Holland premiere)
Pierre Boulez: Notations I – IV & VII (1980-98)
Locations: Baden-Baden, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Essen, Berlin

2009
12th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
program I
Edgard Varèse: Ionisation (1931)
James Tenney: Crystal Canon for Edgard Varèse (1974)
Edgard Varèse: Hyperprism (1922)
Wolfgang Rihm: Form/Zwei Formen (1993/94)
Luigi Nono: Incontri (1955)
Luigi Nono: Polifonica - Monodia - Ritmica (1951)
Edgard Varèse: Intégrales
program II
Edgard Varèse: Octandre (1923)
Tristan Murail: Treize couleurs du soleil couchant (1978)
Edgard Varèse: Ecuatorial (1934)
Iannis Xenakis: Alax für drei Ensembles (1985)
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes (1921)
Conductor: Francois-Xavier Roth
Location: Salzburger Festspiele, Kontinent Varèse

2010
13th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
"Expressionismus" des Kulturfonds FrankfurtRheinMain
Jens Joneleit: Neues Werk (UA, LEA, DEA)
Bruno Mantovani: Neues Werk (UA, LEA, DEA)
Johannes Maria Staud: Neues Werk (UA, LEA, DEA)
Arnold Schönberg: Variationen für Orchester op. 31 (1926/31)
Arnold Schönberg: Fünf Orchesterstücke op. 16 (1909)
Locations: Baden-Baden (Gesprächskonzert Schönberg), Paris, Luxembourg, Berlin, Frankfurt