Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Online event

All 15 pieces on the program will be world premiere performances of newly commissioned works, streamed from musicians' homes around the country and across the world. The four-hour live Marathon will be hosted by Bang on a Can Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe.

PROGRAM (set times are approximate)

1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific

Michael Abels – "Anguish" from Falling Sky (world premiere)
for Vicky Chow
Matana Roberts – New work TBA (world premiere)
for herself
Joan La Barbara – ad astra… for cellist who sings (world premiere) for Iva Casian-Lakos
Anton Batagov – Chaconne in A minor (world premiere)
for himself

2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific

Rudresh Mahanthappa – How Was Your Year? (world premiere)
for Ken Thomson
Timo Andres – House Calls (world premiere)
for David Byrd-Marrow
Leyla McCalla – Meditation No. 1 (world premiere)
for Arlen Hlusko
John Hollenbeck – Persuasion (world premiere)
for David Cossin

3pm Eastern / 12pm Pacific

Carman Moore – STALLION (world premiere)
for Robert Black
Kelly Moran – New work TBA (world premiere)
for herself
Michael Fiday – Song for Eric (world premiere)
for Jeff Anderle
Jonathan Bailey Holland – New work TBA (world premiere)
for Mark Stewart

4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific

Michael Daugherty – Six Riffs after Ovid for solo oboe (world premiere)
for Titus Underwood
Andy Akiho – New work TBA (world premiere)
for himself
Soo Yeon Lyuh – New work TBA (world premiere)
for herself

Watch the livestream here

This concert is FREE! But please do consider purchasing a ticket. That helps us pay more players, commission more composers, and make more music. The pandemic is still here. An entire ecosystem of composers and performers needs our attention, our love, and our financial support. All Marathon performers and composers are participating live and being paid by Bang on a Can. Please help us do that: https://live.bangonacan.org/