Tuesday, May 25, 1993

Political Songbook

The Kitchen
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Performed by Bermuda Triangle: Soprano, Dora Ohrenstein; Piano: Kathleen Supové; Bass, Robert Black

  • John Luther – Adams The Dead Who Climb Up To The Sky 
  • Eve Beglarian – Enough
  • Susan Botti – People Versus 
  • Linda Bouchard – Risky 
  • Conrad Cummings – There Is No Hope For Art 
  • Michael Daugherty – KKK 
  • Michael Finnissy – Blessed Be
  • Donal Fox – Instrumental Song For Soprano, Piano, And Doublebass
  • Janice Giteck – Om Santih 
  • Helen Hall – Une Aussi Longue Histoire 
  • Aaron Jay Kernis – Untitled 
  • Oliver Lake – Do You Know? 
  • Mary Jane Leach – He Got Dictators
  • John Lindberg – The Terrace 
  • Angel Morales/Julio Vargas – Labeled As A Bad Kid
    •  with Angel Morales, Julio Vargas, and Rosa Vargas of Boston’s Music Mentor Program
  • William Penn – Those Old Starvation Blues 
  • Frederic Rzewski – The Burgers Of Rostock 
  • Rodney Sharman – Herkenning 
  • Tan Dun – Memorial 19 Fucks
  • Ken Valitsky – So What 
  • Judith Weir – Broken Branches
  • Christian Wolff – I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman
  • Randall Woolf – Sticks & Stones
  • Wes York – Protest Song

May 26May 28, 1993

The Child God

The Kitchen
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Bun-Ching Lam – The Child God (World Premiere)

  • Yueh Lung Shadow Theatre
    • Jo Humphrey, director
    • Ron Sopyla, narrator
    • Kuang Yu Fong, Malina Yung, Sarah Jonker-Burke, animators
    • Chen Shi-Zheng, tenor & artistic consultant
    • Wei Lai Gen, di
    • Wu Man, pipa & zheng
    • Michelle Kinney, cello
    • Michael Lowenstern, clarinet
    • Danny Tunick, percussion
    • Bun-Ching Lam, conductor

Thursday, May 27, 1993

John Cage Tribute

The Kitchen
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  • John Cage – Living Room Music
  • Frances White – Winter Aconites (World Premiere) 
  • Brandon Ross – Visibility/Ordinary Before You (World Premiere) 
  • Mary Wright – Dad Left Before You Had A Chance To Meet Him (World Premiere)
  • John Cage – Hymnkus

Performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars 

Friday, May 28, 1993

Daniel Lentz Group

The Kitchen
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  • the crack in the bell
  • ABALONE
  • orgasMass
  • YOU CAN‘T SEE THE FOREST… MUSIC
    • Daniel Lentz Group: Jessica Karraker, voice; Edward Levy, keyboard; Jessica Karraker, Jill Copeland, Miriam Yutzy, violins; James Sitterly, percussion; J.B. Smith, clarinet; Robert Spring, E.W.I. & mix; Daniel Lentz, sound design

 

Saturday, May 29, 1993

Guitars 'n' Poets

The Kitchen
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  • Dana Bryant, poet
    • Metamorphosis * Can’T Be Music (Ode To Chaka Khan)
  • Nick Didkovsky, guitar
    • I Kick My Hand (World Premiere)
  • Mike Tyler, poet
    • Four Geeks Who Conquered The World * Chuck Berry Is… * Rock & Roll
  • Kurt Lamkin, poet
    • Yo Body
  • Carolyn Master, guitar
    • En Masse
  • Edwin Torres, poet
    • Son Mi Son, Oh…Water Man
  • Tim Brady, guitar
    • Time Lapse Exposure
  • Maggie Estep, poet
    • Ingeborg – Mistress Of The Dark * Paradise Lost
  • Henry Gwiazda, guitar
    • W.M. (World Premiere)
  • Bob Holman, poet
    • Excerpts From Nineties
  • Phil Kline, guitar
    • Fantasy On One Note

May 30May 31, 1993

Bang on a Can Marathon

The Kitchen
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3:00 PM

  • Charles Ives – String Quartet #1
    • Lydian String Quartet
  • Frank Wigglesworth – Summer Music (World Premiere)
    • Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet
  • Philip Glass – Two Pages
    • Bang on a Can All-Stars
  • Linda Bouchard – Lung Ta (World Premiere)
    • Lydian String Quartet
  •  Orlando Garcia – Colores Ultraviolados
    • Pamela Warrick-Smith, mezzo-soprano; Elizabeth Brown, flute; Mary Rowell, violin; Jonathan Storck, bass

5:00 PM

  • David Lang – Press Release
    • Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet
  • Scott Johnson – Confetti Of Flesh
    • Dora Ohrenstein, soprano; Mary Rowell, violin; Kathleen Supové, piano; Jason Circker, percussion
  • Morton Feldman – Piece; Vertical Thoughts 2
    • Rolf Schulte, violin; Martin Goldray, piano
  • Michael Gordon – Industry
    • Maya Beiser, cello; Elliot Caplan, video
  • Francis Thorne – Electrified Elan (World Premiere)
    • John Tamburello, electric guitar
  • Elliott Carter – Duo
    • Rolf Schulte, violin; Martin Goldray, piano
  • Alvin Singleton – Apple
    • Michael Lowenstern, Richard Faria, Marianne Gythfieldt, Charles Neidich, clarinets

8:00 PM

  • Julia Wolfe – Early That Summer (World Premiere)
    • Lark String Quartet
  • Eric Qin – Construction Et Démolition
    • James Pugliese, Dominick Donato, percussion
  • Alvin Curran – Electric Rags 2 (Excerpts)
    • Rova Saxophone Quartet
  • Michael Maguire – Tristan, Doris, And Geraldo – A Piano Concerto (World Premiere)
    • Bang on a Can All-Stars, Michael Gordon, conductor
  • John Carter – Colors
    • Rova Saxophone Quartet
  • Elizabeth Brown – Orrery
    • Elizabeth Brown, shakuhachi; Jennie Hansen, viola d’amoré; Bill Hayes, percussion
  • Bunita Marcus – The Rugmaker
    • Cassatt String Quartet
  • Markus Trunk – Raw Rows
    • William Anderson, banjo; Mark Stewart, guitar; Robert Black, bass
  • Charles Ives – String Quartet #2
    • Cassatt String Quartet

11:00 PM

  • Rova Saxophone Quartet – Swapmeet! Swapmeet!
  • Steve Adams – Cage (For John Cage)
  • Larry Ochs – When The Nation Was Sound
    • Rova Saxophone Quartet

November 26November 27, 1993

Bang on a Can All-Stars at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, St Paul's Hall
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26 November

Evan Ziporyn – Tsmindao Ghmerto
Lois V. Vierk – Red Shift
Tom Johnson – Failing
Michael Gordon – Industry
Mary Wright – Dad Left Before You Had a Chance to Meet Him
Philip Glass – Two Pages

27 November

Frederic Rzewski – Piano Piece No. 4
Michael Gordon – The Low Quartet
David Lang – Anvil Chorus
Louis Andriessen – Hout
Julia Wolfe – Muscle Memory
Frederic Rzewski – Coming Together