Alley Stoughton<p>Actual can banging from John Cage's Third Construction at Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention">@<span>contemporarymusic</span></a></span></p>
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Alley Stoughton<p>Sō Percussion performing Steve Reich's 1971 "Drumming" at the Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend last evening at Mass MoCA. Aurally mesmerizing, but visually like a kind of dance! 1/2</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention">@<span>contemporarymusic</span></a></span><br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ModernClassical</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>One of the highlights of my musical life is coming up: Bang on a Can's LOUD Weekend at Mass MoCA in North Adams:</p><p><a href="https://massmoca.org/event/bang-on-a-can-loud-weekend-2025/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">massmoca.org/event/bang-on-a-c</span><span class="invisible">an-loud-weekend-2025/</span></a></p><p>It's from the evening of Thursday, July 31, through Saturday, August 2. So much music that at many times there is of a choice of what concert to go to.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NorthAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NorthAdams</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ModernClassical</span></a></p>
JWSGeek<p>Another day, another masterful performance of Music for 18 Musicians...</p><p>Bang on a Can, Long Play Festival, May 5, 2024</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/kKO3IcvdWUQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/kKO3IcvdWUQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BangonaCan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangonaCan</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SteveReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveReich</span></a></p>
genefromthemoon<p>Steve Reich - Eight Lines (Octet)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZXfc1bUL1I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=gZXfc1bUL1I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stevereich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stevereich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bangonacan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bangonacan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minimalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avantgarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avantgarde</span></a></p>
AndyHat<p>Tonight the fabulous Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars play an all-Julia Wolfe program</p><p><a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/NationalSawdust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSawdust</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a></p>
AndyHat<p>Tonight are exciting arrangements of Morton Feldman and Julius Eastman for electric guitars quartet</p><p><a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/JewishMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishMuseum</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/DitherQuartet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DitherQuartet</span></a></p>
Andrew Kuchling<p>From May 2024, a performance of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" by the ensemble Bang on a Can. Duration: 1 hour, 7 minutes.</p><p>This is the same piece I got to see live back in April, performed by a different group (Alarm Will Sound).</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/kKO3IcvdWUQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/kKO3IcvdWUQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/contemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contemporary</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/SteveReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveReich</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/MusicFor18Musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicFor18Musicians</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Queens College Gamelan Yowana Sari at Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend at Mass MoCA</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Lesley Flanigan performing "Resonances" at Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend at Mass MoCA - with pouring rain contributed by Mother Nature</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a><br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Bang On a Can All-Stars playing Julia Wolfe's "Lick"</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon opening this year's Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend at Mass MoCA on its 25th anniversary</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a></p>
AndyHat<p>And now the final show of a fabulous festival, Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians</p><p><a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/LongPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongPlay</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/BAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BAM</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a></p>
AndyHat<p>Next up, the Bang on a Can All-Stars play music from Ryuichi Sakamoto's film scores</p><p><a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/LongPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongPlay</span></a> <a href="https://anti-social.online/tags/Roulette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roulette</span></a></p>
zeruch<p>"I found a used copy of Michael Gordon‘s "Weather" in a bargain bin some time near the end of the 90s, and it stuck with me.</p><p>Gordon is co-founder of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> musical collective and attendant festival, and his work is often pretty interesting for it’s weird mix of accessible orchestral motifs, drenched in minimalism (think <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveReich</span></a>) and adventurous stretching (think <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KronosQuartet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KronosQuartet</span></a>) but it’s really his own thing." </p><p><a href="https://zeruch.wordpress.com/2023/11/21/sounds-that-have-been-made-ep-89-manchester-collective-performs-weather-from-michael-gordon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zeruch.wordpress.com/2023/11/2</span><span class="invisible">1/sounds-that-have-been-made-ep-89-manchester-collective-performs-weather-from-michael-gordon/</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Audience during the last concert of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> LOUD Weekend 2023. What a festival!</p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Waiting for the last concert at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> 2023 at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Kronos Quartet plays Nicole Lizée at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> 2023 at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p>My iPhone photos of the stage at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> aren't great, but I like this one of the ceiling of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a> Hunter Center.</p>
Alley Stoughton<p>Happy to be back at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MassMoCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassMoCA</span></a>! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BangOnACan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BangOnACan</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NorthAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NorthAdams</span></a></p>
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