Tours

After the Round The World Of Sound projects - Moondog Madrigals (2014) and IN motion - Music With Changing Parts by Philip Glass (2016) who brought them together, the Dedalus and Muzzix ensembles come together to showcase two major works from the post- modernism. On the one hand, David Lang's play , Slow Movement (1993) and on the other, the iconic work of Louis Andriessen , Hoketus (1976).

So Percussion performs the music of Steve Reich, David Lang, Bryce Dessner, and Jason Treuting's "Amid the Noise."

SHED SERIES – UNWOUND
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Russel Walder Oboe

Tchaikovsky/Ellington The Nutcracker Suite (Selection)
John Luther Adams Become River (New Zealand premiere)
Milhaud Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (Selection)
Derek Bermel Canzonas Americanas: Mvts. 1-3 (New Zealand premiere)
Russel Walder arr. Psathas Untitled new work (World premiere)

The finale of the 2019 Shed Series presents a programme of light, relaxing music to entertain as we head towards the end of the year.

Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams’ Become River is a beautiful and meditative piece of music inspired by the natural world and is part of a trilogy of works including Become Ocean and Become Desert.

In cooperation with Oxfam America, a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty, Alarm Will Sound presents The Hunger, a modern cantata by Donnacha Dennehy. All net proceeds from the performance will be donated to Oxfam.

Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger concerns itself with the Great Irish Famine of 1845–52, which transformed Irish society irrevocably, resulting in the loss of approximately one million people to death and another million to emigration. Asenath Nicholson, an American so moved by the waves of immigrants arriving in New York that she travelled to Ireland to bear witness. Her astonishing first-hand, published account, “Annals of the Famine in Ireland,” is The Hunger’s main narrative thread. Featuring vocialists Katherine Manley and Iarla O'Lionáird.

The Hunger will be presented alongside Eartheater's When Fire is Allowed to Finish by Queens-based artist Alexandra Drewchin (A.K.A. Eartheater), creating an evening of music centered around historical accounts of personal loss. Eartheater distills foley-filled digital production and classical composition into works suspended between reckless romanticism and precisely detailed sonic tapestries. When Fire is Allowed to Finish is comprised of six emotionally charged movements arranged by composers Aaron Parker, Steve Snowden and Conrad Winslow.

Alarm Will Sound
Katherine Manley & Iarla Ó Lionáird, singers
Princeton Sound Kitchen
Richardson Auditorium

Also contains pieces by Jenny Beck, Pascal LeBouef, Tom Morrison, Connor Way, Alyssa Weinberg and Bora Yoon.

Finishing off the Concert Series with a magnificent program of two pianos and piano duo works is Shai Wosner and Orion Weiss. This Israeli-American duo boasts a multitude of accomplishments.

LANG Gravity (2005)
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata for Four Hands in C Major
LANG After Gravity (2007)
BRAHMS Sonata in F Minor for Two Pianos

Sō Percussion, Princeton University’s Edward T. Cone Artists-in-Residence, perform a FREE concert that explores the incredible range of percussion instruments.

Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer John Luther Adams is a master of large-scale musical spectacles – sonic installations that take the natural world not just as their inspiration but also as a stage.

In the Name of the Earth celebrates the elements in a musical meditation on rivers, lakes, mountains and deserts.

The Proms audience immersed in the sound of eight choirs – totalling more than 600 singers – placed around the auditorium.

Marshalling these huge vocal forces are conductors Neville Creed, Neil Ferris, Simon Halsey and David Temple.

Audience members who would like to participate in this morning’s performance are invited to a preparatory sing-through session at 10.40-11.00am, to learn the final theme of In the Name of the Earth.

Formed in 1992, the Bang on a Can All-Stars are recognized worldwide for their ultra-dynamic live performances and recordings of today’s most innovative music. Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world, and experimental music, this six-member amplified ensemble has consistently forged a distinct category-defying identity, taking music into uncharted territories. The concert features music
by BOAC co-founders Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe; minimalist masters Philip Glass and Steve Reich; jazz legend Ornette Coleman; and avant-rockstar Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.

With innovative multi-genre original productions, sensational interpretations of modern classics, and an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” (The New Yorker), Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and role of the modern percussion ensemble, placing it at the leading edge of 21st-century music. Program includes a newly commissioned work by Julia Wolfe.

We’re thrilled to announce the World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s teach your children.

San Francisco Choral Society’s newest commission is Lang’s thoughtful contemplation on the lessons parents and children learn from each other—in the hope that we may come to teach each other better.

Best known for his transcendent albums Celestial Vibration and Essence/Universe to the Brian Eno–produced Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, Laraaji’s mystical and uplifting combination of zither, vocals, and more have made a profound impact on listeners for decades. His recordings can be found at labels: WARP records, All Saints records, GLITTERBEAT, Numero Group, Stones Throw, Leaving Records, Soul Jazz, and Virgin, among others.

Presented in partnership with Bang on a Can, this innovative performance series is held in the Museum's outdoor sculpture garden. In case of rain or artist's preference, concerts take place in the galleries.

With a unique blend of animation, piano keys, film, words and theatrics, pianist Lisa Moore gives the world premiere performance of The Commuter Variations.

The new work by animation artist Sal Cooper and composer Kate Neal celebrates Melbourne Recital Centre’s 10th Anniversary year and is the highlight of a dramatic multi-media concert about movement and commuting. The program includes world and Australian premieres of virtuoso works by Bresnick, Griswold, Lang, Ligeti, Mazzoli, and Nas, plus a post-performance Q&A with the artists.

Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present LOUD Weekend, a fully loaded eclectic super-mix of minimal, experimental and electronic music. 

Some highlights of the inaugural Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA include:

the electric Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Field Recordings, a major multi-media concert of endless ambient textures, film, and electro-acoustic forays into the future;

Ben Frost’s visceral and maniacal Music for 6 Guitars featuring Ben Frost, Daniel Reimer, Dither Guitar Quartet, and brass sextet;

the incomparable and outer-planetary Sun Ra Arkestra;

Dracula – the timeless, classic, original 1931 film brought to life with Philip Glass’ acclaimed score, featuring Michael Riesman of the Philip Glass Ensemble;

Brian Eno’s pre-ambient classic Discreet Music performed by Contact ensemble (Toronto);

a communal, open-to-the-public, all ages and skill levels ‘performance’ of Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Mediations;

a hypnotic other-worldly odyssey solo set by electronic multi-instrumentalist and singer Julianna Barwick;

the just intonation electric guitar driven Baltimore band Horse Lords;

pioneering composer-singer Pamela Z’s unique blend of operatic bel canto and live digital creations;

composer-singer-instrument inventor Lesley Flanigan’s live sonic sculpture;

special guest composers Annie Gosfield, Tristan Perich, Brendon Randall-Myers,

PLUS music by Bang on a Can co-founders Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and more;

AND PERFORMANCES BY Gregg August, Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Mark Stewart, Ken Thomson, Brad Lubman, Nick Photinos, Todd Reynolds, Lauren Radnofsky, additional solo sets by Ben Frost, Michael Riesman, and many more!

World-renowned cellist Maya Beiser, legendary dancer Wendy Whelan, and seminal choreographer Lucinda Childs join forces to present the highly-anticipated world premiere of THE DAY, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.

This momentous melding of multi-genre creative genius, created collaboratively by Beiser and Childs, explores memory, life’s journey, resilience, and survival of the soul through the shared language of music and dance. THE DAY was co-commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow.

“Unmissable..sublime...massive-scale cinematic revelations unfolding out of a seemingly empty space.” —Time Out New York

An homage to the campy and spine-chilling horror films of the 1940s, Acquanetta combines theater, opera, and film to explore the world of a real-life B-movie star with a mysterious past. Known for her exotic beauty, Acquanetta—aka Mildred Davenport—was the star of such cult 1940s horror films as Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman, The Sword of Monte Cristo, and Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, before she disappeared from public life. With a soaring and often comic score from Bang on a Can cofounder Michael Gordon and text by librettist Deborah Artman, Acquanetta examines the ways in which the movie camera manipulates how we see and are seen. A vivid cast of characters reveals their inner longings and emotional shadows in a haunting meditation on identity, transformation, stereotypes, and typecasting, set in the heyday of Hollywood glamour. This visual and musical tour de force is directed by Tony-nominee Daniel Fish, whose 2015 SummerScape production of Oklahoma! is now running on Broadway.

The Netherlands Chamber Choir and the International Choir Biennial are joining forces for a unique and ambitious project: The Public Domain. The goal: to fill the public space with choral singing. 1000 singers sing David Langs Public Domain at two unique locations: the Zuidas in Amsterdam and the Schalkwijk district in Haarlem. And you can participate!

Acoustic and electric, ancient and modern, traditional and innovative... Sean Shibe brings modern classic Electric Counterpoint (Steve Reich) together with mellow, old and new tunes; the driving sound of Julia Wolfe’s LAD (originally for 9 bagpipes) plays against the gentle melancholy of Peter Maxwell Davies’ hugely popular Farewell to Stromness. Join him as he goes electric, fusing ancient ambient Scotland with pulsating modern New York.

Come experience the otherworldly sound of John Luther Adams’ Dark Waves for two pianos and electronics – a cautionary tale of rising sea levels and the endless beauty (and destruction) of the ocean. Part of a lager festival (Makrokosmos Project) presenting the complete piano music of Toru Takemitsu plus work by Jacob Druckman, Gabriela Lena Frank, Olivier Messiaen, and George Crumb. Thursday, June 27th, 2019 from 5-10PM

The inaugural session of the Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute will kick-off with an opening concert by the award-winning Jasper String Quartet.

Jasper String Quartet: Sam Quintal, Rachel Henderson Freivogel, Robert Anemone (Karen Kim on leave), J Freivogel

Program:
Haydn’s "Sunrise" Quartet no. 63 in B-flat Major, op. 76, no. 4
Julia Wolfe’s Four Marys
Beethoven’s String Quartet no. 7 in F Major, op. 59, no. 1

Cork Opera House in association with Cork Midsummer Festival presents So Percussion. The programme The Keyboard Reimagined includes the European premiere of Donnacha Dennehy’s piece Broken Unison, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Cork Opera House, as well as pieces by Vijay Iver, Suzanne Farrin, Caroline Shaw, Steve Reich, Jason Treuting and Dan Trueman.

In an intricately woven tapestry of sound, shape, momentum, and stillness, choreographer Doug Varone and his 13-member ensemble contemplate our private and public relationship to faith. in the shelter of the fold / epilogue comprises six interconnected vignettes, featuring original music by Lesley Flanigan, Julia Wolfe, David Lang, Raz Mesinai, and Kevin Keller, masterfully interpreted by Flanigan, PUBLIQuartet, and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Drawing upon Varone’s own personal questions about prayer as both a spiritual and secular dialogue, this episodic work digs deep to ask how and why we find shelter in the unknown.

4 shows, June 5, 6, 7, 8 at 7:30pm

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music, David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion has been hailed by Pitchfork as “the most profound and emotionally resonant work of [Lang’s] career.” The secular oratorio sets Hans Christian Andersen’s story in the format of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, elevating the doomed fairy tale heroine to a Christ-like figure. New Yorker Lang’s Passion will be paired with brand new compositions by innovative New York composers.