A seamless integration of cutting-edge music, revolutionary dance, and film. Nine extraordinary choreographers have been commissioned to create dance/films to music written for and performed live by the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
New York Magazine
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have toured and recorded with fellow New Yorker Steve Reich for more than 30 years. At 88 years young, Steve isn’t touring, but the All-Stars are. This concert features an incredible, diverse, expanded All-Stars lineup of New York’s direct descendants, playing Reich’s masterwork.
– Classical Voice
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize, Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields is a poignant oratorio commemorating the Pennsylvania coal miners whose work fueled the nation. Featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars, local choir, and striking scenography, Wolfe’s acclaimed tribute draws from oral histories, interviews, speeches, local rhymes, and provides an intimate look at a particular moment in the history of industrialization.
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
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David Lang creates a new work tentatively titled, “before and after nature”. The work is based upon two works, The End of Nature” by Bill McKibben and “After Nature” by Jedidiah Purdy. Both books discuss humanity’s relationship to nature now and moving forward as the physical planet responds to the impact of human presence in the ecosphere.
The work will be a collaboration between composer David Lang and video and film designer, Tal Rosner. The work will employ an SATB choir minimally of 20 voices, with the work to accommodate ensembles as large as 40. The choir will be locally-based. The Bang on a Can All-Stars will provide the instrumental support.
After more than thirty years of performing together, this sextet has an impressive sonic portfolio to share with audiences. This concert may include work from David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, George Lewis, Julius Eastman, and more.
Julia Wolfe shares a concert curated to showcase some of the most creative and accomplished women composers working today. Includes works by Gabriella Smith, Tomeka Reid, Pamela Z, Meredith Monk, Caroline Shaw and others. Performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
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For over 30 years, Bang on a Can has been breaking down the traditional barriers that exist in concert repertoire between composers, performers and concert-goers. Our innovative and aggressive approach to programming and presentation has created a large and vibrant international audience made up of people of all ages who are rediscovering the value of contemporary music.
Current and recent project highlights include “In C”, a new dance collaboration with Sasha Waltz & Guests based on Terry Riley’s minimalist classic; Can Dance, a brand new multi-media concert pairing composers and choreographers; a new recording of legendary composer/performer Meredith Monk’s MEMORY GAME; Julia Wolfe’s Flower Power for Bang on a Can All-Stars and orchestra, a multi media concert exploring the sonic landscape of the late 1960s and more…
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