Bang on a Can All-Stars: Classics

• Time:

  • Tue 19.8.2025 20:30

  • Duration: 2h, interval

• Address:

  Dance House Helsinki, Erkko Hall
  Kaapeliaukio 3
  00180 Helsinki

• Tickets:

  40–50 / 28–37 € (Lippu.fi)

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Event Introduction

Bang on a Can All-Stars was founded in 1992 as part of the New York-based music institution Bang on a Can, dedicated to performing contemporary music in its full spectrum. Bang on a Can, established in 1987 by composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Michael Gordon, is known as a melting pot of musical genres. In the All-Stars’ programs, classical, contemporary, jazz, rock, avant-garde, and world music do not merely coexist – their minimalist yet maximalist, visually striking concert experiences reveal the artificiality of genre boundaries, making the audience question where the limits are and how to break them. Through concerts and award-winning recordings, Bang on a Can All-Stars continuously takes listeners to the unexplored edges of music.

Now, after more than two decades, Bang on a Can All-Stars returns to Helsinki. In the Erkko Hall at Tanssin talo, the ensemble will perform a selection of classic works by its founders Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe, as well as pieces by both legendary and emerging stars of the New York contemporary music scene: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Angélica Negrón, Steve Martland, and Henry Threadgill.

Bang on a Can All-Stars
Vicky Chow, piano
David Cossin, percussion
Arlen Hlusko, cello
Taylor Levine, guitars
Ken Thomson, clarinets
Lizzie Burns, bass
Andrew Cotton, sound design

Programme:

Angélica Negrón: Turistas with Kookik, a film by Keerati Jinakunwiphat
Henry Threadgill: With or Without Card with Split Womb, a film by Rena Butler
David Lang: interstate with film by Annie-B Parson
Julia Wolfe: Believing

Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul
Philip Glass: Closing
Steve Martland: Horses of Instruction

In co-operation with:
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

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Classical and Contemporary Music

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