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Cello Biennale Amsterdam Schedule October 18-27, 2018

House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate (world premiere)17:00, Friday, October 19, 2018 Industry performed by Ashley Bathgate20:15, Friday, October 19, 2018 House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate11:30, Saturday, October 20, 2018 Wind in my hair performed by cellist Jakob Koranyi, with Residentie Orkest (world premiere)20:15, Saturday, October 20, 2018 House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate21:00, Saturday, October 20, 2018 “8” performed by Cello Octet Amsterdam (world premiere)23:59, Saturday, October 20, 2018House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate11:30, Sunday, October 21, 2018‘simple song #3’ performed by cellist Quirine Viersen with the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam14:00, Sunday, October 21, 2018 Light is Calling performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars17:00, Monday, October 22, 2018Reeling and Believing performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars17:00, Monday, October 22, 2018‘cheating, lying…

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David Lang

prayers for night and sleep (2018) 15'

text by David Lang

solo soprano, solo cello, 1 perc, strings

Cello Biennale Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

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8: new music for eight cellos recorded by Cello Octet Amsterdam

Michael Gordon’s 8 (for eight cellos) available now in digital audio or CD (score and parts available through Ricordi NY/Universal Music Group) is part of a series of works for multiples of a single instrument that began with Timber for six pieces of wood, and includes Rushes for seven bassoons and Amplified for four electric guitars. Each of these works is meant to induce a quasi-meditative, almost ecstatic state, in the listener as well as the performer…

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