RELOCATED: Ensemble Modern / Enno Poppe

»Hopse« and »Körper« (Skipping and Bodies) – the titles of the two works on the programme of the Ensemble Modern’s concert could hardly be more plastic. And it’s true that the German title of Georges Aperghis’s new work, which was recently premiered at the Witten New Chamber-Music Festival, is redolent of skipping and hopping around, with the music itself permeated by a great appetite for movement. In the words of the composer, who was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2021: »Little feet hop, and the world alters in keeping with the steps they take.«