Sunday, February 8, 2009
Bang on a Can All-Stars
- David Lang: Sunray
- Michael Gordon: Light is Calling
- Julia Wolfe: Big Beautiful Dark and Scary
- Brian Eno: Music for Airports 1/1
- Lukas Ligeti: Glamour Girl
- Thurston Moore: Stroking Piece #1
Bang on a Can All-Stars with Iva Bittova.
Lok Yin Tang: New Work
Kate Moore: New Work
Fred Frith: Snakes & Ladders
Alvin Lucier: Canon
Lee Ranaldo: How Deep are Rivers
Signal performing Michael Gordon’s Trance in its entirety, conducted by Brad Lubman!
Arnold Dreyblatt: Escalator
Paul Lansky: A is for …
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
Our annual benefit concert and party, honoring Mass MoCA Founding Director Joseph Thompson!
6:00pm Cocktails 7:00pm Dinner / concert
Featuring performances by Pipa master Wu Man, cellist extraordinaire Maya Beiser, the explosive percussion quartet Talujon, and video by celebrated artist Doug Aitken. Plus a very special rare live performance by Steve Reich, with All-Star David Cossin.
To purchase a ticket or table for our Benefit concert, please click here
Based on the compelling story written by Canadian musician Colin McPhee, who is internationally recognized for his role during the 1930s supporting a major rennaissance in Balinese music and its reception into the west, Bang on a Can All-Stars will play a central role in a new opera composed by Evan for a cast of 30 performers including 20 Balinese musicians and dancers, plus the singers Anne Harley (soprano), Marc Molomot (tenor), and Timur Bekbosunov (tenor). The piece will premiere in a workshop form on June 26-27, 2009 in Bali and in its fully staged form in the US at Cal Performances, UC Berkeley, September 26-27, 2009.
A modified version of Bang on a Can All-Stars including including Robert Black (elec bass), David Cossin (drums), Mark Stewart (guitar), Bryce Dessner (guitar), and Evan Ziporyn (piano), will premiere a new piece by Steve Reich on a double bill with the iconic electro-band Kraftwerk. The piece, “2×5,” is a brand new work for a “rock band” lineup of 2 electric guitars, electric bass, piano and drums.
Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present their 8th consecutive year of musical collaboration with a rich daily schedule of exciting performances. There will be 2 recitals daily in the museum galleries (except Sundays), free with museum admission, and concerts on the weekends in the Hunter Center Theater. Also visit the MASS MoCA website for more information.
Thurs July 16
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Todd Reynolds / Still Life with Microphone
Fri July 17
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by John Adams, Eric Chasalow, Daniel Wohl, Julia Wolfe, and Walter Zimmerman performed by Vicki Ray, piano
Sat July 18
11:00am “Kids can Too” family performance
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Performance of Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”
8:00 pm alt-cabaret performance: Babe the Blue Ox
Mon July 20
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by Art Jarvinen, Aaron Jay Kernis, Steve Mackey, Steve Reich, Jeff Stanek, performed by Nick Photinos, cello with Derek Johnson, electric guitar
Tues July 21
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music from Central Asia
Weds July 22
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by Louis Andriessen, Gregg August, Derek Johnson, Brad Lubman, and Sarah Kirkland Snider, performed by Gregg August, David Cossin, Ken Thomson, Lauren Radnofsky and members of the festival.
Thurs July 23
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by David Lang and Michael Gordon performed by festival ensembles
Friday July 24
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by Julia Wolfe performed by festival ensembles
Sat, July 25
3:00pm Reich on Lewitt: composer Steve Reich discusses artist Sol Lewitt
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by Steve Reich, performed by David Cossin, percussion, Nick Photinos, cello and members of the festival
8:00 pm Bang on a Can plays Steve Reich. Music for 18 Musicians, Eight Lines, and Piano Phase/Video Phase (arr D. Cossin) (Click here to purchase tickets.)
Mon July 27
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: World premieres of new works written and performed by festival fellows.
Tues July 28
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: World premieres of new works written and performed by festival fellows.
Weds July 29
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Morton Feldman’s “Why Patterns” performed by festival ensemble
7:00 pm Members of Bang on a Can perform a free concert at Windsor Lake in North Adams
Thurs July 30
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Festival ensembles perform
Fri July 31
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Festival ensembles perform
Sat Aug 1
Bang on a Can Summer Marathon. Program (subject to change):
Time | Composer | Work |
4pm | Missy Mazzoli | Still Life with Avalanche |
Meredith Monk | Three Heavens and Hells | |
David M. Gordon | Friction Systems | |
John Zorn | Cat o’ Nine Tails | |
“East meets West” | Arrangements of music (including a song by Thom Yorke) for Western and Central Asian instruments | |
6pm | David Lang | Pierced |
Frederic Rzewski | Song and Dance | |
Lok Yin Tang | Distorted Indulgence | |
Lisa Bielawa | The Boat | |
Fred Frith | Snakes & Ladders | |
8pm | Music from Kyrgyzstan | |
Julia Wolfe | Dark Full Ride | |
Eve Beglarian | BachFeet “Brownie you’re doin’ a heck of a job” | |
John Adams | Shaker Loops | |
Music from Uzbekistan | ||
Michael Gordon | Light Is Calling | |
George Antheil | Ballet Mećanique |
More info at www.massmoca.org
The US premiere of A House in Bali, a new opera by Evan Ziporyn with libretto by Paul Schick based on a memoir by Colin McPhee. A House in Bali traces the roots of the west’s century-long infatuation with Bali, through the true story of three westerners – composer Colin McPhee, anthropologist Margaret Mead, and artist Walter Spies – during their 1930s sojourn in Bali. This stunning, multi-media spectacle brings together the finest ensembles of east and west: a 16-piece Balinese gamelan directed by the dynamic Dewa Ketut Alit, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Balinese choreography by the enchanting Kadek Dewi Aryani, wayang shadow puppets, and high-tech projections converge, pushing all boundaries of theatrical innovation.
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The US premiere of A House in Bali, a new opera by Evan Ziporyn with libretto by Paul Schick based on a memoir by Colin McPhee. A House in Bali traces the roots of the west’s century-long infatuation with Bali, through the true story of three westerners – composer Colin McPhee, anthropologist Margaret Mead, and artist Walter Spies – during their 1930s sojourn in Bali. This stunning, multi-media spectacle brings together the finest ensembles of east and west: a 16-piece Balinese gamelan directed by the dynamic Dewa Ketut Alit, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Balinese choreography by the enchanting Kadek Dewi Aryani, wayang shadow puppets, and high-tech projections converge, pushing all boundaries of theatrical innovation.
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PROGRAM:
Tan Dun: Concerto for Six
Conlon Nancarrow: 4 Piano Studies (arr. Evan Ziporyn)
Julia Wolfe: Believing
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul
Evan Ziporyn: Shadowbang
PROGRAM:
Tan Dun: Concerto for Six
Conlon Nancarrow: 4 Piano Studies (arr. Evan Ziporyn)
Julia Wolfe: Believing
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul
Evan Ziporyn: Shadowbang
Bang on a Can All-Stars performing the music of Steve Reich, PLUS Theatre of Voices performing the UK Premiere of David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion! Click here for more information and tickets!
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PROGRAM:
Clapping Music
Electric Counterpoint
Sextet
Music for 18 Musicians
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PROGRAM:
Clapping Music
New York Counterpoint
Piano Phase/Video Phase
Music for Pieces of Wood
Electric Counterpoint
Sextet
PROGRAM:
Clapping Music
New York Counterpoint
Piano Phase/Video Phase
Music for Pieces of Wood
Electric Counterpoint
Sextet
The premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, a new work co-commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick, Carnegie Hall and Bang on a Can, and performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval.
The premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, a new work co-commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick, Carnegie Hall and Bang on a Can, and performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval.
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Target Free Thursdays presents Asphalt Orchestra
David Rubenstein Atrium @ Lincoln Center (62nd Street & Broadway/Columbus).
The premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, a new work co-commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick, Carnegie Hall and Bang on a Can, and performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval.
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The premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, a new work co-commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick, Carnegie Hall and Bang on a Can, and performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval.
The premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, a new work co-commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick, Carnegie Hall and Bang on a Can, and performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval.