BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS

Saturday 12:00 PM at the Square Room
Bang on a Can All-Stars

Saturday 12:00 AM at the Tennessee Theatre
Terry Riley’s In C, performed by Bang On A Can and special guests + Terry Riley performing Autodreamographical Tales

Saturday 1:00 PM at the Tennessee Theatre
Brian Eno’s Music for Airports performed by Bang On A Can All-Stars w/ The Books + Tim Hecker

Bang on a Can All-Stars will perform a program of pieces written for them by the Dirty Projector’s Dave Longstreth and Thurston Moore as well as Michael Gordon and Evan Ziporyn.

Saturday 12:00 AM at the Square Room
Terry Riley’s In C performed by Bang on a Can and Special Guests + Terry Riley Performing Autodreamographical Tales

Bang on a Can All-Stars and special festival guest will perform Riley’s legendary masterwork In C after Terry performs the rarely heard recent work Autodreamographical Tales.

This celebrated “classical” ensemble is really one part rock band, one part amplified chamber group.  Bang on a Can All-Stars is comprised of Ashley Bathgate, Cello; Robert Black, Bass; Vicky Chow, Piano; David Cossin, Drums and Percussion; Mark Stewart, Guitars; Evan Ziporyn, Clarinets.

The All-Stars have worked in close collaboration with some of the most important musicians of our time, including Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Brian Eno, Ornette Coleman, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Don Byron, Burmese circle drum master Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Iva Bittova, Nobukazu Takemura, Terry Riley, Glenn Branca, Cecil Taylor, DJ Spooky, and Louis Andriessen.

Among the planned performances at Big Ears, The Bang On A Can All-Stars will perform Music For Airports, by Brian Eno,  and provide the nucleus of an all-star performance of Terry Riley’s, In C, joined by a number of special guests.