Winter Jazzfest New York,
NY map Bjork: Hyperballad
Zappa: Zomby Woof
Byrne/Clark: Two Ships
Mapfumo: Ngoma Yekwedu
Tom Ze: Ma
Mingus: The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife
Stew & Heidi Rodewald: Carlton
Bregovic: Champagne
More information here.
Bass Concert Hall, University of Texas Austin,
TX map Brian Eno: Music for Airports 1/1 (arr. Michael Gordon)
Michael Gordon: For Madeline
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
Glenn Kotche/Steve Reich: Clapping Music Variations
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (arr. David Cossin)
Glenn Kotche: Snap
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke University Durham,
NC map Steve Reich: NY Counterpoint
Michael Gordon: For Madeline
Steve Reich: 2×5
Glenn Kotche/Steve Reich: Clapping Music Variations
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (arr. David Cossin)
Glenn Kotche: Snap
Glenn Kotche: Mobile
University of Kentucky Lexington,
KY map Brian Eno: Music for Airports 1/1 (arr. Michael Gordon)
Michael Gordon: For Madeline
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
Glenn Kotche/Steve Reich: Clapping Music Variations
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (arr. David Cossin)
Glenn Kotche: Snap
Glenn Kotche: Mobile
Merkin Concert Hall New York,
NY map Julia Wolfe: Believing
Nick Brooke: Menace (Sousa Medley)
Karsh Kale: Crawl Walk Run Fly
Pelle Gudmunsen-Holmgreen: Convex/Concave/Concord
Bryce Dessner: O Shut your eyes against the Wind
Steve Martland: Horses of Instruction
Jefferson Theater, University of Virginia Charlottesville,
VA map The All-Stars perform in concert at the culmination of a three-day residency.
Julia Wolfe: Believing
Michael Gordon: For Madeline
Brian Eno: Music for Airports 1/1 (arr. Michael Gordon)
Michael Gordon: Industry
Evan Ziporyn: Be in
Don Byron: Basquiat & Show Him Some Lub
Perth Festival Perth,
Australia map Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
Tom Johnson: Failing
Andy Akiho: Vick(i/y)
David Cossin: A.C.T.
David Lang: Press Release
Michael Gordon: Industry
Evan Ziporyn: Be in
Perth Festival Perth,
Australia map Brian Eno: Music for Airports
Brian Eno: Burning Airlines
Brian Eno: Everything Merges with the Night
Perth Festival Perth,
Australia map David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Julia Wolfe: Believing
Steve Reich: 2×5
Michael Gordon: For Madeline
Thurston Moore: Stroking Piece #1
Steve Martland: Horses of Instruction
Hong Kong Arts Festival Hong Kong,
China map David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Michael Gordon: For Madeline
Julia Wolfe: Believing
Lukas Ligeti: Glamour Girl
Evan Ziporyn: Music from Shadowbang
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
The All-Stars join forces with Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, Gamelan Galak Tika, and MIT Chamber Chorus for a 5-hour marathon concert featuring works by Evan Ziporyn, Tod Machover, Christine Southworth, Brian Eno, Steve Reich & Terry Riley.
Carnegie Hall New York,
NY map The All-Stars team up with eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet, and So Percussion in a celebration of the music of Steve Reich.
On the program:
Mallet Quartet (NY Premiere)
WTC 9/11 (NY Premiere)
2×5 (NY Premiere)
Double Sextet
Art of Urban Environments Festival Easton,
PA map Bang’s electric mobile street band hits the streets of PA playing work of David Byrne, Goran Bregovic, Stew, and more!
Barbican London,
United Kingdom map The All-Stars join the Barbican in “Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich,” a weekend celebration of the the great minimalist pioneer. Collaborating with eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth and more, the All-Stars will perform works by Louis Andriessen, Lukas Ligeti, Steve Marland, Brian Eno, Lee Renaldo, and Reich himself.
Casa da Musica Porto,
Portugal map David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Julia Wolfe: Big Beautiful Dark and Scary
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul
Evan Ziporyn: Music from Shadowbang
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
Steve Reich: 2×5
Teatro Maria Matos Lisbon,
Portugal map Lukas Ligeti: Glamour Girl
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
Brian Eno: Music for Airports
La Casa Encendida Madrid,
Spain map Lukas Ligeti: Glamour Girl
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul
Thurston Moore: Stroking Piece #1
David Lang/Lou Reed: Heroin
Julia Wolfe: Big, Beautiful, Dark, and Scary
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
City Winery New York,
NY map Bang on a Can’s Annual Benefit returns to NYC honoring Michael Kushner- featuring performances by Asphalt Orchestra, Mantra Percussion, Toby Twining Music and Nels Cline (Wilco) and Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto)
Noguchi Museum New York,
NY map Presented by Bang on a Can and the Noguchi Museum.
International Festival of Arts and Ideas New Haven,
CT map Thurston Moore: Stroking Piece
David Longstreth: Instructional Video, Matt Damon, Breakfast at J&M
Brian Eno: Music for Airports
More information coming soon.
MASS MoCA North Adams,
MA map North Adams explodes with music as the fellows & faculty of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival use every available space on the MASS MoCA campus & throughout the community to create and perform music. The festival features two recitals a day (Mon-Fri at 1:30pm and 4:30pm and Sat at 4:30pm), free with gallery admission. We will also throw our annual music bash, the Summer Marathon, a six-hour blow-out festival finale on July 30.
Festival passes will be available. See past summer archives for a sample schedule.
MIT's Kresge Auditorium Cambridge,
MA map Bang on a Can embarks on the second year of its three-year residency at MIT with the Boston-area premieres of two works by Julia Wolfe & Michael Gordon. The Bang on a Can All-Stars & Trio Mediaeval join forces for Wolfe’s folk inspired Steel Hammer and Mantra Percussion performs Gordon’s Timber.