BBC Proms 2017 Prom 44 - Bang on a Can All-Stars (320kbps mp3)
Live at BBC Proms: BBC Proms Youth Ensemble and Bang on a Can All Stars in premieres by Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, plus works by Philip Glass and Louis Andriessen.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Andrew McGregor
00. Introductory commentary
01. Michael Gordon - Big Space (BBC commission: world premiere)*
02. David Lang - Sunray (London premiere)
02i. Ken Thomson addresses the audience
03. Julia Wolfe - Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (London premiere)
04. Louis Andriessen - Workers Union
04i. Ken Thomson introduces Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union
BBC Proms Youth Ensemble
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
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.
Broadcast: 17 August 2017
