Bang on a Can Marathon

May 7May 8, 1989

R.A.P.P. Arts Center
New York, NY map

2:00 PM

  • Meredith Monk – Double Fiesta
    • Meredith Monk, voice and piano; Nurit Tilles, piano
  • Arthur Jarvinen – Egyptian Two-Step
    • California E.A.R. Unit
  • Maki Ishii – Drifting Island **
    • Kazue Sawai, koto; Steven Schick, percussion
  • Lois V. Vierk – Guitars “Go Guitars”
    • David Seidel, electric guitar
  • Cees Van Zeeland – Paraaf ***
    • Gerard Bouwhuis & Cees van Zeeland, pianos
  • Evan Ziporyn – Luv Time *
    • Sound Pressure with Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet
  • Todd Brief – Idols *
    • California E.A.R. Unit
  • Bruno Degazio – The Road to Chaos **
    • computer tape

5:00 PM

  • World Saxophone Quartet
    • Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray, saxophones
  • Tadao Sawai – Homura **
    • Kazue Sawai Koto Ensemble
  • Elena Kats – In Tension *
    • California E.A.R. Unit
  • Michael Maguire – Seven Years ***
    • Abandon, Linda Bouchard, conductor 

8:00 PM

  • Bunita Marcus – Adam and Eve
    • California E.A.R. Unit
  • David Lang – Dance/Drop *
    • Sound Pressure
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger – String Quartet 1931
    • Cassatt String Quartet
  • William Doerrfeld – Evening Chant *
    • William Doerrfeld, voice and Emax
  • Jeffrey Mumford – a pond within the drifting dusk *
    • Abandon
  • K. Atchley – The Rabbit’s Song *
    • K. Atchley, voice
  • Julia Wolfe – Sleeping Child ***
    • California E.A.R. Unit
  • David Mott – Oh! Mysterious Magnum **
    • Sound Pressure
  • Steve Reich – Piano Phase
    • Gerard Bouwhuis & Cees van Zeeland, pianos 

11:00 PM

  • Ken Gaburo – Antiphony VIII (Revolution)
    • Steven Schick, percussion
  • David First – Plate Mass
    • World Casio Quintet
  • Charles Ives – Three Quarter-Tone Pieces
    • Pianoduo
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stimmung
    • California E.A.R. Unit
       

*** World Premiere

** US Premiere

* New York Premiere