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Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA: July 10-26
Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present their 7th consecutive year of musical collaboration with a rich daily schedule of exciting performances. Music will ricochet through the galleries every day as the festival once again teems with talented faculty and fellows from around the world who offer daily recitals in the museum (free with gallery admission) at 1:30 and 4:30. The always vibrant, always unpredictable Bang on a Can All-Stars perform on July 19 at 8 PM with Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, (preceded in the morning by the perennially popular Kids Can Too event). The closing Bang on a Can Marathon extravaganza will feature special guest Terry Riley and live performances of music by Frank Zappa. The Marathon will take place on July 26 from 4 – 10 PM. Music will spill off the MASS MoCA campus and into the community in the form of free concerts at Windsor Lake on Wednesday, July 23 plus selected musicians will perform at Pittsfield’s “Third Thursday” event on July 17 and at Gallery 51 in downtown North Adams on July 18.
Click here for a full schedule of events, or visit the Mass MoCA website for more details. Festival passes and tickets to the All-Stars concert and Marathon are available through the MASS MoCA box office and their website: www.massmoca.org
We Had a Marathon!
This year's Bang on a Can Marathon was an action-packed all-night blowout; thanks to everyone who came out and helped to make the night so much fun! Click here to see photos from the Marathon!
Here are some recaps:
The Rest Is Noise (The New Yorker's Alex Ross)
Music For Airports LIVE - New Digital Release
THIRTY YEARS AGO, Brian Eno put out Music for Airports, his first "ambient" album. It was a four-part piece, created in the studio using samples of synthesizer, voice, and pianos, devoid of all but the most basic aspects of song, challenging listeners to re-imagine what music might be.
TWENTY YEARS LATER, Bang on a Can All-Stars created their own version of the work with live musicians, all the while staying close to the source by sharing the project as it developed with Brian Eno. It was released on record in 1998 to wide acclaim.
TEN YEARS LATER, Cantaloupe Music releases a live version of Music for Airports as a digital-only release via the Bang on a Can Store, eMusic, iTunes, Amazon, and various other digital music vendors. (A limited edition CD will be available exclusively to Cantaloupe Club members.) To this day, the All-Stars frequently perform the classic work live, most recently, in the middle of the night at this past year's Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City.