Bang on a Can Marathon

2010 Schedule

Bang on a Can Marathon

June 27, 2010 12:00pm

World Financial Center Winter Garden, New York, NY

The Bang on a Can Marathon 2010
June 27 – 12 HOURS of LIVE MUSIC!
at the World Financial Center Winter Garden

12pm (noon) – 12am (midnight)
Co-presented by the River to River Festival® and arts>World Financial Center

Bang on a Can’s annual incomparable eclectic super-mix of genre defying music! On Sunday, June 27, a mass of musicians, composers, and listeners from all over the world will descend on the Winter Garden in New York City for 12 HOURS of uninterrupted live ear-bending border-crossing music from around the corner and around the globe. This year’s program will feature the US Premiere of the celebrated work Professor Bad Trip composed by Fausto Romitelli, plus many more soon to be announced highlights by musicians and composers from throughout the US, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia, and more.

12pm John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble featuring Jeremy Viner, Tony Malaby, Ellery Eskelin performing Perseverance by John Hollenbeck
Quartet New Generation performing Danse macabre*** by Dorothee Hahne, Mortal Flesh by Paul Moravec, and Flea Walls* by Moritz Eggert
Kambar Kalendarov & Kutman Sultanbekov from Kyrgyzstan performing Janglyk by Nurlanbek Nyshanov and traditional songs from Kyrgyzstan: Bek Tash, Kukuk, and Erke Kyz
Florent Ghys performing Simplement by Florent Ghys
Moritz Eggert performing Hammerklavier III: One Man Band by Moritz Eggert
2pm Face the Music performing Mesh by Graham Fitkin
Jessica Schmitz, Eric Lamb, and Claire Chase performing Halftone (for 3 floutes and 3-channel 1-bit electronics)* by Tristan Perich
Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, and David Millares performing Formation - Lunar Eclipse by Steve Coleman
Slagwerk Den Haag performing DaDeRimGil*** by Seung-Ah Oh and Ludica by Marco Momi
4pm JACK Quartet performing Tetras by Iannis Xenakis
Gamelan Galak Tika performing Tire Fire by Evan Ziporyn
Quartet New Generation w/ Mortiz Eggert performing Oh, I am sorry, did I break your concentration? by Michiel Mensingh and Black Box* by Mary Ellen Childs
Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Snakes and Ladders by Fred Frith
6pm Talea Ensemble performing Professor Bad Trip** by Fausto Romitelli
A performance by Buke and Gass
Moritz Eggert performing Hammerklavier V: Study in Fall** and Hammerklavier XX: One Man Band 2 by Moritz Eggert
Slagwerk Den Haag performing I Delayed People's Flights By Walking Slowly In Narrow Hallways** by Mayke Nas & Wouter Snoei
8pm Vernon Reid, Mazz Swift, and Leon Gruenbaum performing Ghost Narratives by Vernon Reid
Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Ridgeway by Kate Moore
A performance by Mira Calix
Bang on a Can All-Stars & Mira Calix performing spring falls back* by Mira Calix
Tim Brady performing Switch (Seconds / Liquid / Leaps / Singularity / Melismatic)** and Strumming (Hommage a John Lennon)** by Tim Brady with Video by Martin Messier
10pm Kambar Kalendarov & Kutman Sultanbekov from Kyrgyzstan performing Chyibyldyn Kyzynyn Koshogu by Asanbai Karimov, traditional song Tagyldyr Too, Mash Botoi by Atai Ogonbaev and Ala Too Jazy by Nurlanbek Nyshanov
Florent Ghys performing 4 by Florent Ghys
A performance by Burkina Electric
SIGNAL conducted by Brad Lubman performing Shelter by Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe with libretto by Deborah Artman and film and projections by Bill Morrison and Laurie Olinder


SET TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE


* World premiere
** US premiere
*** NY Premiere