Bang On A Can All-Stars: Works by Louis Andriessen, Marijke van Warmerdam and David Lang
Stanford Lively Arts
A rare West Coast premiere of a newly minted piece by the eminent Dutch composer Louis Andriessen—fresh from its Carnegie Hall debut last season. And with it, a recent work, sunray, by David Lang—Stanford alumnus, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Music, former Andriessen student, and co-founder of Bang on a Can.
With evident creative affinity for the clarity and vigor of work by Stravinsky, Mondrian, and bebop composers, Andriessen’s musical palette is edgy and bright. His new collaboration with Marijke van Warmerdam, who has created the video for Life, is a continuation of work with other filmmakers, notably Peter Greenaway.
David Lang’s music embraces and extends Andriessen’s kinetic quality and virtuoso writing, with an emotional urgency and beauty that have established him as an important figure—composer, collaborator, educator—on the international arts scene. The program is quintessential Bang on a Can All-Stars—the unparalleled ensemble that can, and will, tackle it all.
PROGRAM
Julia Wolfe: Big Beautiful Dark and Scary; Fred Frith: Snakes and Ladders; Louis Andriessen: Life, with video by Marijke Van Warmerdam; David Lang: sunray; Brian Eno: Music for Airports 2/2; Michael Nyman: Manhatta, with film by Paul Strand (arr. Andy Keenan)
PRE-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION (7:00–7:30) with David Lang and Jenny Bilfield
- Venue: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
- Date: Fri November 5, 2010 8:00pm
- City: Palo Alto
- Price Range: $44.00 - 50.00 (Adult) | Discounts available - please check website for more information
- Tickets: 650-725-ARTS (2787)
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