Sō Percussion anchors an ecstatic opening night performance of Steve Reich’s Drumming – one of the most important works in the minimalist canon – plus an opening set featuring the virtuosic and charismatic composer-flutist-vocalist Nathalie Joachim.
Ryuichi Sakamoto was arguably the best-known and most successful Japanese musician in the world. His film scores are renowned for their diversity and sensitivity and it is rare for a band to play this music live. Arranged by the All-Stars’ multi-talented clarinetist-composer Ken Thomson, Bang on a Can All-Stars play Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1996 includes an incredible selection of many of Sakamoto’s greatest hits – music from films including The Last Emperor, Wuthering Heights, The Sheltering Sky, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and more.
Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe’s collaboratively composed Shelter “evokes the power and threat of nature, the soaring frontier promise contained in the framing of a new house, the pure aesthetic beauty of blueprints, the sweet architecture of sound and the uneasy vulnerability that underlies even the safety of our sleep.” With libretto by Deborah Artman.
Percussion legend Steven Schick leads a performance of Facing the Automaton, Tamar-Muskal’s groundbreaking percussion concerto for solo percussion, kinetic sculpture (Daniel Rozin’s “Wooden Mirror”), and chamber ensemble.
Julia Wolfe’s ethereal and crunchy Forbidden Love – all the things you aren’t supposed to do to string instruments – performed by Sō Percussion, the ultimate can-do collective.
Experimental noise master duo Wolf Eyes joins forces with sound artist, turntablist, and DJ Maria Chavez for an other-worldly sonic experience.
Guest composer Jeffrey Brooks returns to LOUD Weekend, this time with a new work for two hurdy gurdies!
Jason Treuting, co-founder of So Percussion, is joined by a host of percussionists to perform his hypnotic suite Amid the Noise in Courtyard D.
Special Guest Composers Ted Hearne,Tamar Muskal, Gemma Peacocke, Trevor Weston.
WORLD PREMIERES by the 2025 summer festival composition fellows.
Performances by Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Arlen Hlusko, Nick Photinos, Todd Reynolds, Maya Stone, Ken Thomson, plus fellows from the 2025 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA.
PLUS A LOT MORE!
