1999 Events Archive

Saturday, March 20, 1999

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Music at Emory, Emory University
Atlanta, GA map
  • David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing
  • Julia Wolfe – Lick
  • Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint
  • Alvin Singleton – Ein Kleines Volkslied
  • Brian Eno – Music for Airports

    Ein Kleines Volkslied, Movement Within, and Concerto for Six were commissioned by Bang on a Can, the Annenberg Center, Duke University Institute for the Arts, and Vanderbilt University Great Performers as part of the national series of works from Meet the Composer/Arts Endowment Commissioning Music/USA, with support from the Helen F. Whitaker Fund.

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Friday, April 9, 1999

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Carleton College
Northfield, MN map
  • Tan Dun – Concerto for Six
  • Julia Wolfe – Lick
  • Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint
  • Brian Eno – Music for Airports 1/1
  • Steve Martland – Horses of Instruction

    Ein Kleines Volkslied, Movement Within, and Concerto for Six were commissioned by Bang on a Can, the Annenberg Center, Duke University Institute for the Arts, and Vanderbilt University Great Performers as part of the national series of works from Meet the Composer/Arts Endowment Commissioning Music/USA, with support from the Helen F. Whitaker Fund.

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Sunday, May 2, 1999

Bang on a Can Marathon

Henry Street Settlement
New York, NY map

FULL SCHEDULE

2:00 PM

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Mikrophonie I
    • red fish blue fish
  • Patrick Grant – Everything Distinct
    • Patrick Grant Group
  • Elena Kats-Chernin – Stur In Dur **
    • Lisa Moore, piano
  • Phillip Bimstein – Casino *
    • Curiously Strong Quinet
  • Michael Gordon – XY 
    • Steven Schick, percussion 
  • Stefan Weisman – Nervous People ***
    • Miró String Quartet With Tom Hoyt, Trumpet

4:00 PM

  • Ne Ne – [A][E][O]
    • Michiko Takatani, piano, percussion, voice
    • Yayoi Yoshida, marimba, percussion, voice
    • Mika Tanaya, drums, percussion, voice
  • Judy Dunaway – Music for Tenor Balloon
    • Judy Dunaway, balloon
  • Christopher Adler – Three Lai
    • Christopher Adler, khaen; Todd Reynolds, violin; Ralph Farris, viola
  • James Rolfe – Railway Street (with Todd Reynolds, violin)
  • John Halle – Operation Chaos (World Premiere) (with Eduardo Leandro, percussion)
  • David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing
    • Bang on a Can All-Stars
       

6:00 PM

  • Maggi Payne – Hum
    • Patti Monson, flute
  • Michael Lowenstern/Jerome Kitzke – 1954
    • Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet; Jerome Kitzke, voice; Bohdan Hilash, contrabass clarinet
  • Erik Griswold – Strings Attached
    • red fish blue fish
  • Kato Hideki – Turbulent Zone
    • Kato Hideki, electric bass
  • Julia Wolfe – Dig Deep
    • Cassatt Quartet
  • Ingram Marshall – Dark Waters
    • Libby van Cleve, english horn

8:00 PM

  • James Sellars – Stay with Me
    • Hartt Bass Ensemble
  • Charles Gayle – Christ’s Creation
    • Charles Gayle, tenor saxophone; Rashid Bakr, drums
  • Anthony Coleman – Mise en Abime (World Premiere)
  • Tan Dun – Concerto for Six
    • Bang on a Can All-Stars
  • David Krakauer’s KLEZMER MADNESS!
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Monday, May 3, 1999

Women with Strings

Henry Street Settlement
New York, NY map
  • Miya Masaoka – Pacing
    • Miya Masaoka, koto & electronics
  • Zeena Parkins – Vita Futuristica
    • Zeena Parkins, electric harp, sampler & tapes
  • Chinary Ung – Grand Alap (A Window in the Sky)
    • Maya Beiser, cello; Steven Schick, percussion
  • Lisa Bielawa – Genesis Again
    • Lisa Bielawa, voice; Carla Kihlstedt, violin
  • Evan Ziporyn – Current Rate
    • Wu Man, pipa
  • Martha Mooke – Virtual Corridors (World Premiere)
    • Martha Mooke, 5-string electric viola
  • Jin Hi Kim – On The Strings
    • Jin Hi Kim, komungo; leading a group improvisation
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Tuesday, August 31, 1999

Bang on a Can All-Stars

BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall
London, United Kingdom map
  • David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing
  • Julia Wolfe – Believing
  • Steve Martland – Horses of Instruction
  • Glenn Branca – Movement Within

  • Brian Eno – Music for Airports 1/1

  • Ein Kleines Volkslied, Movement Within, and Concerto for Six were commissioned by Bang on a Can, the Annenberg Center, Duke University Institute for the Arts, and Vanderbilt University Great Performers as part of the national series of works from Meet the Composer/Arts Endowment Commissioning Music/USA, with support from the Helen F. Whitaker Fund.

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Saturday, November 13, 1999

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Wien Modern Festival
Vienna, Austria map
  • Annie Gosfield – The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory
  • Arnold Dreyblatt – Escalator
  • Glenn Branca – Movement Within
  • Julia Wolfe – Lick
  • Tan Dun – Concerto for Six
  • Steve Martland – Horses of Instruction

    Ein Kleines Volkslied, Movement Within, and Concerto for Six were commissioned by Bang on a Can, the Annenberg Center, Duke University Institute for the Arts, and Vanderbilt University Great Performers as part of the national series of works from Meet the Composer/Arts Endowment Commissioning Music/USA, with support from the Helen F. Whitaker Fund.

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