| Orchestra or Band | BBC Proms Youth Ensemble,
Bang on a Can All-Stars |
| Set List | 'Big Space', M Gordon,
'Sunray', D Lang,
'Big Beautiful Dark and Scary', J Wolfe,
'Glassworks Closing', P Glass,
'Workers Union', L Andriessen |
| Performance Notes | 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 and BBC commission by Michael Gordon, performed by the Proms Youth Ensemble. Expect propulsive rhythms and plenty of big grooves.
There was no interval.
Royal Albert Hall, London and Proms premieres of 'Sunray', D Lang; and 'Big Beautiful Dark and Scary', J Wolfe.
BBC commission and world premiere of 'Big Space', M Gordon. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/89),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2017/37),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28) |