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BBC Proms
Thursday, August 17, 2017
David Lang
‘sunray’ performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars at BBC Proms
London, United Kingdom
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Julia Wolfe
Big, Beautfiul, Dark and Scary performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars at BBC Proms
London, United Kingdom
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Michael Gordon
Big Space performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars at BBC Proms (World Premiere)
London, United Kingdom
Love Bead (1997) 10'
1(pic).1(ca).0+bcl.0+cbn/1110/sampler.egtr.eb/vn.va.vc [all instruments amplified]
BBC Proms
Big Space (2017) 13'
cl/bcl, perc, pno, egtr, vc, cb + spatial brass and percussion 8 trumpets or soprano saxophones in Bb; 8 trombones; 8 percussion (tuned resonant metal & tambourines)
BBC Proms
‘death speaks’ CD released
“Art songs have been moving out of classical music in the last many years,” writes composer David Lang. “Indie rock seems to be the place where Schubert’s sensibilities now lie, a better match for direct story telling and intimate emotionality.”
Lang’s death speaks, along with his work depart, is released on Cantaloupe music on April 30.
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In death speaks — co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Stanford Lively Arts, and written for Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Owen Pallett and Shara Worden — Lang explores art song with the help of a group of classically trained artists who made their careers in the indie rock world…
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