Experimental Music In A Museum At 'Bang On A Can LOUD Weekend' Fest

Music In A Museum

Eclectic music is on tap for the Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend festival, set to run from FRIDAY, AUGUST 2nd through SUNDAY, AUGUST 4th at MASS MoCA in NORTH ADAMS, located in the BERKSHIRE mountains of western MASSACHUSETTS. More than 30 concerts will take place in the museum’s galleries and indoor and outdoor performing arts venues. 

Among the highlights of the weekend are:
• SUN RA ARKESTRA
• The original 1931 film, Dracula, brought to life with PHILIP GLASS’ acclaimed score, featuring MICHAEL RIESMAN, music director/keyboardist of the PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE
• BRIAN ENO’s pre-ambient classic Discreet Music performed by CONTACT
• A solo set by electronic multi-instrumentalist and singer JULIANNA BARWICK
• The just intonation electric guitar-driven BALTIMORE band HORSE LORDS
• Music by BANG ON A CAN co-founders: MICHAEL GORDON’s rhythmic meditation Dry written for CRASH ENSEMBLE; DAVID LANG’s beseeching prayers for night and sleep for solo cello and voice with chamber orchestra; and JULIA WOLFE’s my lips from speaking for two pianos, inspired by the opening few chords of ARETHA FRANKLIN’s “Think”
• Solo sets by BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS bassist ROBERT BLACK, composer and keyboardist MICHAEL RIESMAN, and ICELAND-based Australian composer/producer BEN FROST
• Performances by GREGG AUGUST, DAVID COSSIN, MARK STEWART, KEN THOMSON, BRAD LUBMAN, NICK PHOTINOS, TODD REYNOLDS, LAUREN RADNOFSKY and more.

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