Prom 44: Philip Glass, Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe

17 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

22:15 Thu 17 Aug 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 44: Philip Glass, Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe

22:15 Thu 17 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Expect everything from avant-garde Minimalism to rock and funk in this 30th-birthday concert by American music pioneers Bang on a Can, who perform works by Louis Andriessen, Philip Glass and others alongside a world premiere by Michael Gordon.

Programme

- - Michael Gordon
  - Big Space(15 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere
- - David Lang
  - Sunray(12 mins)London premiere
- - Julia Wolfe
  - Big Beautiful Dark and Scary(9 mins)London premiere
- - Philip Glass
  - Glassworks 鈥� Closing(6 mins)
- - Louis Andriessen
  - Workers Union(17 mins)

Performers

大象传媒 Proms Youth Ensemble
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Rumon Gamba
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Bang on a Can represents all that is most gleefully non-conformist and boundary-breaking in new music. Celebrating its 30th birthday this year, this pioneering American artistic collective and its three composer-directors, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, bring their signature energy to this Late Night Prom, together with their six-piece amplified ensemble.

The All-Stars perform classic works by Wolfe, Lang and Louis Andriessen alongside an 80th-birthday tribute to Philip Glass and a world premiere by Michael Gordon, performed by the Proms Youth Ensemble. Expect propulsive rhythms and plenty of big grooves.

There will be no interval

Image: Bang on a Can 漏 Peter Serling