PROGRAM
Rhiannon Giddens
Helena Tulve: Without love atoms would stop spinning (world premiere) performed by Arlen Hlusko
Aeryn Santillan: disconnect. (world premiere) performed by Ken Thomson
Alvin Curran: Shofar Rags XXL
Ted Hearne: Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job (excerpt)
ŽibuoklėI Martinaitytė: Abyssal Zone (world premiere) performed by Robert Black
Nik Bärtsch: (Video Unavailable)
Iva Bittová
Roscoe Mitchell
Paula Matthusen: of an implacable subtraction performed by Dana Jessen
Tomeka Reid: Lamenting G.F., A.A., B.T., T.M. (world premiere) performed by Vicky Chow
Susanna Hancock: Everything In Bloom (world premiere) performed by Nick Photinos
Don Byron
Ailie Robertson: The Bells are All Silent (world premiere) performed by Gregg August
Tim Brady: At Sergio’s Request (world premiere)
Judd Greenstein: In Teaching Others We Teach Ourselves performed by Nadia Sirota
Pamela Z
Alex Weiser: Music from and all the days were purple performed by Eliza Bagg
Kendall Williams: Bass and Things (world premiere) performed by David Cossin
Carla Kihlstedt: New Work (world premiere)
Frederic Rzewski: Which Side Are You On? performed by Conrad Tao
Leila Adu: Black-Crowned Night-Heron (world premiere) performed by Mark Stewart
Terry Riley
The Marathon will include 25 live performances with musicians connecting from around the USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Scotland, Italy, and Ireland, plus eleven world premieres of newly commissioned works!
The concert begins with a performance by Rhiannon Giddens at 3pm, live from Ireland, and concludes with a performance by Terry Riley. Additional highlights include performances by Roscoe Mitchell, Nico Muhly, Conrad Tao, Pamela Z, and many more. Guest composers and performers will join for conversations in between performances with Bang on a Can Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe.