Bang on a Can presents the fourth annual Long Play Festival, a three-day music festival taking place May 2–4, across venues throughout Brooklyn, New York. This year’s lineup includes works by Terry Riley, Julius Eastman, John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Nico Muhly.
Terry Riley - Sun, May 4, 8:00pm Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
On May 4, Pioneer Works hosts a 90th birthday tribute to Terry Riley featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars and special guests Gyan Riley, Nicole Mitchell, Krishna Bhatt, and Michael Harrison. The program includes the premiere of a new arrangement of A Rainbow in Curved Air by Gyan Riley and a performance of Riley’s signature masterpiece, In C.
Julius Eastman - Sat, May 3, 1:00pm at The Space at Irondale, 85 South Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
BlackBox Ensemble presents Embodying Eastman: Speculative Listening with Isaac Jean-François, whose essay “Julius Eastman: The Sonority of Blackness Otherwise” was published by Current Musicology in 2020.
John Cage - Sat, May 3, 4:00pm BRIC Ballroom 647 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217
On May 3, pianist Adam Tendler performs John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes at BRIC Ballroom in Brooklyn. Widely regarded as Cage’s prepared piano masterwork, the piece explores the eight permanent emotions of Indian philosophy and reflects the composer’s early engagement with Hindu thought and aesthetics.
Christian Wolff - Sat, May 3, 6:30pm at Issue Project Room 22 Boerum Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11201
STRING NOISE, a duo comprised of violinists Pauline Kim Harris and Conrad Harris, perform works by Christian Wolff including Bread and Roses and Small Duos for Violinists. The highlight of the evening is the world premiere of Trio XVI, which features the 91-year-old composer playing melodica alongside the violinists.
Nico Muhly - Sat, May 3, 4:00pm Roulette Intermedium 503 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
On May 3, harpist Stef Van Vynckt performs Nico Muhly’s The Street at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn. First performed in 2022 by Parker Ramsay, the piece is scored for harp, with optional narrator and chorus. Each movement can, in some performances, be paired with plainchant, chosen to augment and in some cases provide counterpoint to the traditional narrative of Good Friday. The spark for each movement is original texts by Alice Goodman — either read aloud or read in silence — which are simultaneously specific, evocative, mysterious, and poetic.
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