Tag: Bang On A Can
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The Deceptive Simplicity and Totalism of David Lang
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
In recent decades, American composer David Lang has been best known as a founding member of the Bang On A Can collective – something of an activist-spirited composer/performer/educator outfit based in New York.
Q2 Music Album of the Week
Bang on a Can Celebrates its Silver Anniversary with a Gold Standard
Saturday, March 03, 2012
It's a big (and beautiful, perhaps scary but far from dark) year for Bang on a Can, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2012. True to form, the cabal's All-Stars have heralded the birthday in style with this rollicking two-disc set. Read on for more and to snag a free download, this week only, of Matt Damon.
Operavore
Bang On: What to Listen for at Sunday's Bang on a Can Festival
Friday, June 17, 2011
In advance of Sunday's annual Bang on a Can concert at the Winter Garden, WQX-Aria blogger Olivia Giovetti highlights the marathon's operatic offerings.
Nadia Sirota
More Bang on a Can for Your Buck
Monday, June 13, 2011
Some people say that summer starts with Memorial Day. I say it starts with the annual Bang on a Can marathon concert. This week, we gear up for Sunday's marathon with previews of what's in store plus ghosts of marathons past.
Hammered!
Plays Well With Others
Monday, April 11, 2011
When discussing the behavioral patterns of the composer phylum, one often differentiates between solo fliers and school swimmers. Another way for these creatures organize themselves, however, is in collectives, a fascinating behavior and the programmatic source for this week's Hammered!.
Cued Up
Way More than 2¢
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Let premieres rule your ears. Cellist Ashley Bathgate and pianist Lisa Moore play a recital as part of TwoSense, the duo's concert series and commissioning project dedicated to presenting new works that feature the two instruments.
Q2 Music Live Concerts
Ecstatic Music Marathon: Part 2
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Ecstatic Music Festival, a two-month event dedicated to exploring the boundaries between classical music and pop, kicked off with an eight-hour marathon last month. Check out some of the highlights on Q2.
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Ecstatic in February
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Merkin Concert Hall's Ecstatic Music Festival blazes into February with concerts from the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Roomful of Teeth, Newspeak and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. Listen below to get the perspective of composer and festival curator Judd Greenstein as he continues his series of introductions to this month's imaginative, cross-pollenating pairings, two of which will be Web cast live on Q2 as part of New Sounds Live with WNYC's John Schaefer.
Cued Up
Minimalist Match
Sunday, December 12, 2010
If you think of Ireland, contemporary art music probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe you should. When it's gross and cold out this Sunday, snuggle up to two live concerts of warm post-minimalism that were plucked from right under the noses of New York audiences at (Le) Poisson Rouge. We present a globe-trotting alloy of composer-performers that include Evan Ziporyn and the Irish new music heavyweights, Crash Ensemble.
Q2 Music
Bang on a Can 2010 Redux
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
This Sunday, August 15 at 7 p.m., join Q2 for 5 consecutive hours of mind-bending, internationally-flavored sounds from this most quintessential New York New Music happening: the Bang on a Can Marathon from the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Cued Up
Bang On a Can Marathon
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Cued Up on Q2 begins with highlights from past editions of the quintessentially New York Bang On a Can Marathon, including pieces by, among others, Michael Gordon, Meredith Monk, Brian Eno, Bora Yoon and Phil Kline.
