Tue03.11.

2026

Ensemble Modern performs Mareike Dobewall's ‘Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello’ — Concert in the exhibition ‘The Glenkeen Variations: Aftergrowth’

Date
03.11.2026
Time
7 pm, doors open from 5 pm
Location

Open Space

Weißfrauenstraße 1–3
60311 Frankfurt

Costs

Free entry

Registration

FULLY BOOKED

The concert is fully booked. Some last-minute tickets may still be available on the door.

Ensemble Modern will premiere the ‘Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello’, developed by Mareike Dobewall as part of her residency, for a Frankfurt audience.

Works

‘Shell Rhythms’
for small ensemble (2025) – bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion

‘Shells and Currents’
for cello and piano (2025)

‘Lichens‘
for small ensemble (2025) – bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, cello

With ‘Nature Scores’ Mareike Dobewall expands her research of spaces as a collaboration partner towards the natural environment. She spends time with natural phenomena, overserving patterns situated in time and space, and over time and in relation. She considers this practice as an environment-aware form of music creation. Placing a strong emphasis on listening with all senses, she relates with nature patterns and embraces experimentation, curiosity, and affectivity. Mareike aspires to innovate her musical conceptions and notation techniques based on her collaboration with nature. Natural phenomena pose here enigmas and offer propositions.

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An event as part of the exhibition ‘The Glenkeen Variations: Aftergrowth’

The exhibition will be open from 5 pm for visitors attending the concert.

Subject to change.

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Mareike Dobewall

Mareike Dobewall is a composer, vocal artist and director working in the performing arts. In the autumn of 2025, she was artist-in-residence at Glenkeen Garden. There she developed a ‘Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello’ comprising three visual scores based on natural patterns found in the location. They are accompanied by nature sound recordings to inform the performers’ sonic imagination with site-specific sound.

Ensemble Modern will premiere the works for a Frankfurt audience. It is one of the world’s leading ensembles for contemporary music. Founded in 1980 and based in Frankfurt am Main, the ensemble is currently made up of 18 soloists and is organised along democratic lines. The musicians, who come from Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Switzerland and the USA, make collective decisions on their projects, collaborations with other artists and all financial matters. Ensemble Modern’s artistic spectrum encompasses music theatre and dance theatre, multimedia formats, chamber music, and ensemble and orchestral concerts. Tours and guest performances take Ensemble Modern to renowned festivals and major venues in Germany and around the world.

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Ensemble Modern, Photo: Stefanie Kösling

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Mareike Dobewall, Lichen writing

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Mareike Dobewall, Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello – work in progress

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Mareike Dobewall, Red Rain

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Mareike Dobewall, Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello – work in progress

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Mareike Dobewall with Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello, Photo: Jason Lee

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Rehearsal in Glenkeen Garden, Photo: Mareike Dobewall

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