During the COVID pandemic, we’ve been streaming Marathons. Lots of marathons…and the programs are all below! Oh, and please, if you haven’t already, please TAKE BANG ON A CAN’S COMMUNITY SURVEY
MARATHON PERFORMANCES
IN PROGRAM ORDER BY DATE
MAY 3, 2020 MARATHON
MEREDITH MONK
CASSIE WIELAND Heart performed by ADAM HOLMES
ROBERT HONSTEIN Orison performed by ASHLEY BATHGATE
VIJAY IYER
ANNA CLYNE Rapture performed by EILEEN MACK
GEORGE LEWIS Voyage
ADAM CUTHBERT
SHELLEY WASHINGTON Black Mary performed by KEN THOMSON
MARTIN BRESNICK Ishi’s Song performed by LISA MOORE
KEN THOMSON Birds and Ambulances (world premiere) performed by ROBERT BLACK
NATHALIE JOACHIM Aware
DAVID T. LITTLE Hellhound performed by MAYA BEISER
MIYA MASAOKA Music for Ichi-ten-kin (one string koto)
MEARA O’REILLY
VINKO GLOBOKAR Touche performed by STEVEN SCHICK
ZOË KEATING
MOOR MOTHER
PHILIP GLASS “Knee Play 2” from Einstein on the Beach performed by TIM FAIN
MARK STEWART To Whom It May Concern: Thank You
MARY HALVORSON
MOLLY JOYCE Purity (world premiere) performed by DAVID COSSIN
IAN CHANG
STEVE REICH Vermont Counterpoint performed by CLAIRE CHASE
DAI WEI Song for Shades of Crimson (world premiere) performed by TODD REYNOLDS
JOHN ADAMS China Gates performed by VICKY CHOW
JUNE 14, 2020 MARATHON
RHIANNON GIDDENS
HELENA TULVE Without love atoms would stop spinning (world premiere) performed by ARLEN HLUSKO
AERYN SANTILLAN disconnect. (world premiere) performed by KEN THOMSON
ALVIN CURRAN Shofar Rags XXL
TED HEARNE Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job (excerpt)
ŽIBUOKLĖ MARTINAITYTĖ Abyssal Zone (world premiere) performed by ROBERT BLACK
NIK BÄRTSCH (Video Unavailable)
IVA BITTOVÁ
ROSCOE MITCHELL
PAULA MATTHUSEN of an implacable subtraction performed by DANA JESSEN
TOMEKA REID Lamenting G.F., A.A., B.T., T.M. (world premiere) performed by VICKY CHOW
SUSANNA HANCOCK Everything In Bloom (world premiere) performed by NICK PHOTINOS
DON BYRON
AILIE ROBERTSON The Bells are All Silent (world premiere) performed by GREGG AUGUST
TIM BRADY At Sergio’s Request (world premiere)
JUDD GREENSTEIN In Teaching Others We Teach Ourselves performed by NADIA SIROTA
PAMELA Z
ALEX WEISER Music from and all the days were purple performed by ELIZA BAGG
KENDALL WILLIAMS Bass and Things (world premiere) performed by DAVID COSSIN
CARLA KIHLSTEDT New Work (world premiere)
FREDERIC RZEWSKI Which Side Are You On? performed by CONRAD TAO
LEILA ADU Black-Crowned Night-Heron (world premiere) performed by MARK STEWART
TERRY RILEY
AUGUST 16, 2020 MARATHON
WU MAN
NICOLE MITCHELL A Much Deserved Ass Whooping (world premiere) performed by KEN THOMSON
DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Simple Prayer for Complex Times (world premiere) performed by VICKY CHOW
MISSY MAZZOLI Vespers for Violin performed by OLIVIA DE PRATO
TEDDY ABRAMS Can’t Stop the Revolution (world premiere)
FJÓLA EVANS Eggshell (world premiere) performed by KENDALL WILLIAMS
SHARA NOVA Hidden in Plain Sight (world premiere)
BRAD LUBMAN can you make a prayer (world premiere) performed by LAUREN RADNOFSKY
LEYLA MCCALLA
JACOB COOPER Expiation (edit) performed by JODIE LANDAU
KAKI KING
SCOTT WOLLSCHLEGER Tiny Oblivion performed by KARL LARSON
RAJNA SWAMINATHAN Consilience (world premiere)
NICK DUNSTON Fainting is Down, Whooshing Is Up (world premiere) performed by ROBERT BLACK
PHIL KLINE the best words performed by THEO BLECKMANN w/TODD REYNOLDS & DAN TEPFER
MARCOS BALTER …and also a fountain performed by REBEKAH HELLER
OLIVER LAKE
ANNEA LOCKWOOD RCSC performed by SARAH CAHILL
PAOLA PRESTINI From the Bones to the Fossils performed by JEFFREY ZEIGLER
CRAIG TABORN
ANNIKA SOCOLOFSKY Bolder (world premiere) performed by ARLEN HLUSKO
SAMSON YOUNG Super Dark Energy (world premiere) performed by DAVID COSSIN
GYÖRGY LIGETI The Devil’s Staircase performed by JEREMY DENK
OCTOBER 18, 2020 MARATHON
GEORGE CRUMB A Little Midnight Music (selections) performed by SUSAN GRACE
ANNIE GOSFIELD Curveballs and Asteroids (world premiere) performed by KEN THOMSON
CHRISTINA WHEELER A Coda for the Totality of Blackness Trilogy (world premiere)
ALVIN SINGLETON Argoru II performed by SETH PARKER WOODS
JEFFREY BROOKS Santuario (world premiere) performed by MARK STEWART
MAZZ SWIFT
GREG SAUNIER John Paul George and Ringo Pry Open the Gates of Hell (world premiere) performed by DAVID COSSIN
GEMMA PEACOCKE Fear of Flying (world premiere) performed by NATHALIE JOACHIM
DAVID LONGSTRETH (video unavailable)
JOHN FITZ ROGERS Come Closer performed by MICHAEL HARLEY
WILLIAM PARKER Hum Spirituals (world premiere)
LEAHA MARIA VILLARREAL The Warmth of Other Suns performed by ANDIE TANNING
TYSHAWN SOREY
TANIA LEON Paisanos Semos! and Bailarín performed by JIJI
ANNA WEBBER
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE Liminal Highway (first 2 mvmts) performed by TIM MUNRO
VALGIER SIGURDSSON Brevis (world premiere) performed by VICKY CHOW
NELS CLINE & YUKA C. HONDA
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN Why Did They Kill Sandra Bland? (world premiere) performed by ARLEN HLUSKO
DU YUN
KRISTS AUZNIEKS Arise (world premiere) performed by ROBERT BLACK
BILL FRISELL
NOVEMBER 15, 2020 ONEBEAT MARATHON
Alexander Arkincheev, OneBeat Russia
Irkutsk, Russia
Amir El Saffar, OneBeat 2012
NYC, USA
Dumama & Kechou feat. Hunterchee, OneBeat 2018
Berlin, Germany | Cape Town, South Africa | NYC, USA
Jinda Kanjo, OneBeat Istanbul
Kobani, Syria
TIGAtrio, OneBeat 2015
Ng Chor Guan, Jay Afrisando, Daniel de Mendoza
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Minneapolis, USA | Bogotá, Colombia
Kyungso Park, OneBeat 2012
Seoul, South Korea
Dahlak Brathwaite, OneBeat 2014
Sacramento, USA
Meng Xi, Jess Tsang, Amy Garapic, OneBeat 2019
Beijing, China | NYC, USA
Shruti Bhave, OneBeat 2019
Mumbai, India
LADAMA, OneBeat 2014 & 2015
Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola, Sara Lucas & Pat Swoboda
Recife, Brazil | Bogotá, Colombia | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | NYC, USA
Asantewa, OneBeat 2016
Accra, Ghana
Samah Boulmona, OneBeat 2018
Beirut, Lebanon
Anna RG, OneBeat 2016
Queens, NY, USA
Peni Candra Rini, OneBeat 2014
Jakarta, Indonesia
Mustelide, OneBeat 2017
Minsk, Belarus
Aurora Nealand, OneBeat 2013
New Orleans, USA
Johanna Amaya Conejo, OneBeat 2017
Bogotá, Colombia
Biodun Kuti, OneBeat 2013
Mark Stewart, OneBeat Collaborating Artist
Philadelphia, USA | North Adams, USA
FEBRUARY 21, 2021 MARATHON
JAKHONGIR SHUKUR Potter’s Wheel, performed by ROBERT BLACK
JENNIFER WALSHE Happiness Starts Right Now
MARIA HULD MARKAN SIGFUSDOTTIR Pending, performed by CHI-CHI NWANOKU OBE
GABRIEL KAHANE Hollywood & Vine, performed by ARLEN HLUSKO
GREGORY SPEARS A Distant Ridge of Earth, performed by DAVID BYRD-MARROW
KRISTINA WOLFE new work performed by MOLLY BARTH
AMIR ELSAFFAR Thaw, for bass clarinet solo,performed by KEN THOMSON
BORA YOON Postcards from the Pacific
MATTHEW SHIPP Spaceman’s Blues
JOEL THOMPSON Supplication and Compensation, performed by ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
ROHAN CHANDER △ or THE TRAGEDY OF HIKKOMORI LOVELESS from FINAL//FANTASY, performed by VICKY CHOW
DAVID COSSIN A. C. T.
EVE BEGLARIAN A Solemn Shyness, performed by LARA DOWNES
INGRID LAUBROCK Inkblots
MOLLY HERRON Canon No. 4, performed by MAYA STONE
ALVIN LUCIER Weirs for electric guitar and resonant objects, performed by MARK STEWART
MARCH 21, 2021 “MAERZMUSIK” MARATHON
Daniel Bernard Roumain Why Did They Kill Sandra Bland? performed by Arlen Hlusko
Arnold Dreyblatt Magnetom (2019)
Mazz Swift
Rohan Chander △ or THE TRAGEDY OF HIKKOMORI LOVELESS from FINAL//FANTASY performed by Vicky Chow
Kristina Wolfe Listening to the Wind performed by Molly Barth
Miya Masaoka One String Thing Ding
Aeryn Santillan disconnect. performed by Ken Thomson
Adam Cuthbert Aquarian Solstice
Ken Thomson Birds and Ambulances performed by Robert Black
Tomeka Reid Lamenting G.F., A.A., B.T., T.M. performed by Vicky Chow
Steve Reich Vermont Counterpoint performed by Claire Chase
Christina Wheeler Missing/Still
Molly Joyce Purity performed by David Cossin
Tyshawn Sorey
Jeffrey Brooks Santuario performed by Mark Stewart
Moor Mother
Bill Frisell
APRIL 18, 2021 – ALL COMMISSIONS and WORLD PREMIERES #2
Michael Abels Anguish from Falling Sky (world premiere) for Vicky Chow
Joan La Barbara ad astra…for cellist who sings (world premiere) for Iva Casian-Lakos
Anton Batagov Chaconne in A minor (world premiere)
Rudresh Mahanthappa How Was Your Year? (world premiere) for Ken Thomson
Timo Andres House Calls (world premiere) for David Byrd-Marrow
Leyla McCalla Meditation #1 (world premiere) for Arlen Hlusko
John Hollenbeck Persuasion (world premiere) for David Cossin
Carman Moore STALLION (world premiere) for Robert Black
Kelly Moran new work (world premiere)
Michael Fiday Song for Eric (world premiere) for Jeff Anderle
Jonathan Bailey Holland Subaquatic Meditation (world premiere) for Mark Stewart
Michael Daugherty Six Riffs after Ovid for solo oboe (world premiere) for Titus Underwood
Soo Yeon Lyuh See You on the Other Side (world premiere)
JUNE 6, 2021 – MARATHON OF SONG
Mary Kouyoumdjian and there was (world premiere) performed by Arlen Hlusko
Peni Candra Rini RAIN (world premiere)
Anna Clyne Zero at the Bone (world premiere) performed by Ken Thomson
Albert Kuvezin Eremchick (The Spider) (world premiere)
Julius Eastman Prelude To The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc performed by Julian Otis
Fred Frith Now Here (world premiere)
Kyle Brenn Still/Exist from the shape of a child
L’Rain
Florent Ghys RYB (world premiere) performed by David Cossin
Matana Roberts witness… (world premiere)
Trevor Weston Rainbows and Butterflies (world premiere) performed by Mark Stewart
Eddy Kwon seep (world premiere)
Allison Russell Quasheba
Sophie Cash Homecoming (world premiere) performed by Vicky Chow
Charles Amirkhanian Audible Autopsy (world premiere) performed by Robert Black
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Jody Elff – Production Designer/Director
Peter Wise – Live Stream Coordinator
Denise Burt – Logo Design
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All works commissioned by Bang on a Can with the generous support from the following individuals:
Ailie Robertson commissioned with support from Connie Steensma and Rick Prins
Albert Kuvezin commissioned with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation
Alvin Lucier, Weirs for electric guitar and resonant objects, commissioned with support from Jane & Dick Stewart
Anna Clyne commissioned with support from Alvin Lucier
Annie Gosfield commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Annika Socolofsky commissioned with support from Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
Bora Yoon, Postcards from the Pacific, was commissioned with support from Russ Irwin
Brad Lubman commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Carla Kihlstedt commissioned with support from Russ Irwin
Carman Moore commissioned with support from Alan Lewine and Beth Thoma Robinson
Charles Amirkhanian commissioned with support from Herb Leventer
Christina Wheeler commissioned with support from Connie Steensma & Richard Prins
Daniel Bernard Roumain commissioned with support from Herb Leventer
Dobrinka Tabakova commissioned with support from Rob Mason and the RPM Commissioning Fund
Eddy Kwon commissioned with support from an Anonymous Donor
Eve Beglarian, A Solemn Shyness, commissioned with the support of Oscar Gerardo
Florent Ghys commissioned with support from Dave Lake & Linda Wright
Fred Frith commissioned with support from the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation
Gabriel Kahane, Hollywood & Vine, commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Gemma Peacocke commissioned with support from Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
Greg Saunier commissioned with support from Michael Kushner
Gregory Spears, A Distant Ridge of Earth, commissioned with support from Herb Leventer
Helena Tulve commissioned with support from Herb Leventer
Jakhongir Shukur, Potter’s Wheel, was commissioned with support from Liz & Greg Lutz and Pamela Drexel
Jeffrey Brooks commissioned with support from Jane & Richard Stewart
Jennifer Walshe, Happiness Starts Right Now, commissioned with support from Richard Ferrante
Joan La Barbara commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Joel Thompson, Supplication and Compensation, commissioned with support from Dave Lake & Linda Wright
John Hollenbeck commissioned with support from Meredith Monk and Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
Jonathan Bailey Holland commissioned with support from Jani Naverfeffer as a tribute to Charlie Fefferman
Kelly Moran commissioned with support from Serena Lourie and Alan Baker of Cartograph Wines
Kendall K. Williams commissioned with support from Margaret Cullum
Leila Adu commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Leyla McCalla commissioned with support from Anonymous Donors
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Pending, was commissioned with the support of the Carl Meier Family
Mary Kouyoumdjian commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Matana Roberts commissioned with support from the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation
Matthew Shipp, Spaceman’s Blues, commissioned with support from Jack Homer & Emily Hartzog
Michael Daugherty commissioned with support from David Tochen & Mary Beth Schiffman
Michael Fiday commissioned with support from an Anonymous Donor
Molly Herron, Canon No. 4, commissioned with support from Herb Leventer
Molly Joyce, Purity, commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Nicole Mitchell commissioned with support of Lawrence Greenfield
Peni Candra Rini commissioned with support from Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
Rajna Swaminathan commissioned with support from Michael Kushner
Rohan Chander, △ or THE TRAGEDY OF HIKKOMORI LOVELESS, was commissioned with support from Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Matana Roberts commissioned with support from the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation
Samson Young commissioned with support of Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
Shara Nova commissioned with support from Rob Mason and the RPM Commissioning Fund
Sophie Cash commissioned with support from the John Driscoll in memory of Marie Driscoll
Soo Yeon Lyuh commissioned with support from Lisa Bauso & Joe Rojas
Susanna Hancock commissioned with support from Gordon Nicol
Teddy Abrams commissioned with support of Stephen Block & Raulee Marcus
Timo Andres commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Tomeka Reid commissioned with support from Raulee Marcus & Stephen Block
Trevor Weston commissioned with support from Arlene and Larry Dunn in memory of Olly Wilson
Valgeir Sigurðsson commissioned with support from Maria & Robert A. Skirnick
William Parker commissioned with support from George Lewis
The ASCAP Foundation provided additional commissioning support for Ziboukle Martinaityte, Ailie Robertson, Ken Thomson, Tomeka Reid, Kendall K. Williams, Susanna Hancock and Leila Adu
additional major commissioning support for 2021 from
THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION