For the past several years, classical music composers have gathered to share their more eclectic scores at the ‘Bang on a Can’ festival in North Adams, Mass. Jeffrey Brown explores the origins of the event.
For the past several years, classical music composers have gathered to share their more eclectic scores at the ‘Bang on a Can’ festival in North Adams, Mass. Jeffrey Brown explores the origins of the event.
“With his winning of the Pulitzer Prize for the little match girl passion (one of the most original and moving scores of recent years), Lang, once a postminimalist enfant terrible, has solidified his standing as an American master.”
— The New Yorker
Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms…
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