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Snape

25 Jun 2026

Sean Shibe’s ‘Electric Twilight’ at the Aldeburgh Festival

Von Pwyll ap Sion

Raising flags and questioning promises at Philadelphia’s Highmark Mann

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 17 Juni 2026

Peter Boyer’s oratorio A Hundred Years On, commemorating the centenary of the 1876 World’s Fair, softens the blow of jingoism, looking to an earlier era of hope and broken promise.

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Philadelphia

17 Jun 2026

Raising flags and questioning promises at Philadelphia’s Highmark Mann

Von Kurt Gottschalk

Julia Wolfe's unEarth performed by the BBCSO © Ed Maitland Smith

UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance

Von Susannah Moody, 23 Januar 2026

Wolfe's climate-change oratorio, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, already feels out of date.

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London

23 Jan 2026

UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance

Von Susannah Moody

Contemporary works populate Philadelphia Orchestra's opening night

Von Cameron Kelsall, 25 September 2025

Audiences drawn in by Yuja Wang's performance of the Ravel Piano Concerto are also treated to Julia Wolfe and Arturo Márquez.

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Philadelphia

25 Sep 2025

Contemporary works populate Philadelphia Orchestra's opening night

Von Cameron Kelsall

Bagpipers in the foyer of Bridgewater Hall © Chris Payne

Manchester

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra opens season with bagpipes, boldness and brilliance

Von Leighton Jones, 20 September 2025

John Storgårds conducts Wolfe and Prokofiev in the season opening concert, before a magnificent Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony.

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Manchester

20 Sep 2025

BBC Philharmonic opens season with bagpipes, boldness and brilliance

Von Leighton Jones

Houston

Choral and orchestral showpieces star in Houston Symphony’s memorable season opener

Von Phillip Nones, 20 September 2025

Celebration is on the menu at the Houston Symphony Orchestra’s season opening weekend of concerts, conducted by Juraj Valčuha.

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Houston

20 Sep 2025

Showpieces star in Houston Symphony’s memorable season opener

Von Phillip Nones

Unexpected delights abound with Grimaud and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Von Cameron Kelsall, 27 Februar 2025

Yannick Nézet-Séguin smartly surrounds a guaranteed crowd-pleaser – Brahms’ First Piano Concerto – with less familiar works by Julia Wolfe and Louise Farrenc.

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Philadelphia

27 Feb 2025

Unexpected delights abound with Grimaud and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Von Cameron Kelsall

A good walk spoiled: anemic Beethoven and Haydn in Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall, 17 November 2023

Guest conductor David Robertson led ponderous accounts of the "Pastoral" Symphony and Haydn's Cello Concerto no. 1, alongside a new work by the promising American composer Reena Esmail.

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Philadelphia

17 Nov 2023

A good walk spoiled: anemic Beethoven and Haydn in Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall

Berlin

Kirill Petrenko et les Berliner Philharmoniker mettent à l'honneur Lisa Streich et Julia Wolfe

Von Anaïs-Nour Benlachhab, 08 Juni 2023

Les Berliner Philharmoniker ont donné deux créations mondiales de Lisa Streich et Julia Wolfe. Une expérience musicale intense, où contrastes et émotions se mêlent dans une beauté résolument rebelle.

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Berlin

08 Jun 2023

Lisa Streich et Julia Wolfe par les Berliner Philharmoniker

Von Anaïs-Nour Benlachhab

The world premiere of Julia Wolfe's unEarth © Chris Lee

Julia Wolfe's symphonic plea to save the planet

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 01 Juni 2023

Jaap van Zweden conducts the world premiere of Julia Wolfe's multimedia event unEarth, a reflection on the climate crisis, forced migrations and changing seas.

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New York City

01 Jun 2023

Julia Wolfe's symphonic plea to save the planet

Von Kurt Gottschalk

The Colin Currie Quartet © Viktor Erik Emanuel

A Dark Ride in a Floppy Machine: Colin Currie Quartet at Kings Place

Von Christopher Woodley, 20 Januar 2023

Steve Reich and Julia Wolfe feature in Colin Currie Quartet's Full Dark Ride at London's Kings Place, to launch the “Sound Unwrapped” extravaganza.

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London

20 Jan 2023

A Dark Ride in a Floppy Machine: Colin Currie Quartet at Kings Place

Von Christopher Woodley

Ensemble Signal dips into the Bang on a Can canon at Carnegie Hall

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 13 April 2022

Ensemble Signal offered a thoughtful program of works by Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe and a welcome return for older works of two NYC MVPs.

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New York City

13 Apr 2022

Ensemble Signal dips into the Bang on a Can canon at Carnegie Hall

Von Kurt Gottschalk

City Life grooves with the London Sinfonietta at the Proms

Von Hugh Morris, 01 September 2020

Stalwarts of American minimalism meet British Proms premieres as the London Sinfonietta checks the nation’s pulse

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London

01 Sep 2020

City Life grooves with the London Sinfonietta at the Proms

Von Hugh Morris

Yuja Wang, MTT and the New World Symphony: an auspicious alignment of stars at Carnegie Hall

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 01 Mai 2019

A sprightly MTT seemed to be in the right place among the fellows of the New World Symphony, his brainchild, in a program where youth was prevalent.

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New York City

01 Mai 2019

An auspicious alignment of stars at Carnegie Hall

Von Edward Sava-Segal

Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere kick off New York Phil’s “New York Stories” series

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 24 Januar 2019

The New York Philharmonic premieres Julia Wolfe’s remembrance of the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and plays an elegy to LBJ and an Aaron Copland jazz concerto.

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New York City

24 Jan 2019

Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere

Von Kurt Gottschalk

Prom 44: Michael Gordon's genre-defying Big Space receives fantastic world première

Von Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 17 August 2017

Well known for their genre-busting and boundary-defying music, Bang on the Can delivered a splendid Late Night Prom.

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London

17 Aug 2017

Prom 44: Michael Gordon's genre-defying Big Space

Von Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Meeting two cultures: Richard Alston Dance Company's An Italian in Madrid at Sadlers Wells

Von Christopher Curtis, 29 März 2016

The latest bill from the Richard Alston Dance Company shows its leader as a consummate teacher: studied, scholarly, thoughtful.

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London

29 Mär 2016

An Italian in Madrid at Sadlers Wells

Von Christopher Curtis

Oberlin

A captivating winter warmer from the Bang on a Can All-Stars

Von Frank Kuznik, 28 Februar 2015

Composer David Lang joined the ensemble in Oberlin for an invigorating night of fresh ideas played with a spirit of adventure.

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Oberlin

28 Feb 2015

Captivating winter warmer from the Bang on a Can

Von Frank Kuznik

Falling in and out with the Richard Alston Dance Company

Von Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros, 27 Januar 2015

Richard Alston is a true Contemporary Dance artist and choreographer, and his company a staple within the British Contemporary Dance scene. But last week's performance at Sadler's Wells was short of a five star.

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London

27 Jan 2015

Richard Alston Dance Company

Von Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros

Bang on a Can and New York Philharmonic bring enormous new works to the Biennial

Von Rebecca Lentjes, 31 Mai 2014

In addition to the “Mickey Pick-Slate” chants, the score of Anthracite Fields incorporates the banging of a can, the spinning of bicycle wheels, whistling, and shouting.

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New York City

31 Mai 2014

Bang on a Can and the New York Phil

Von Rebecca Lentjes

Love, loss and horrible siblings in night 3 of collected stories

Von Rebecca Lentjes, 24 April 2014

Iarla Ó Lionáird presented the theme – the Celtic traditional song The Two Sisters – and Julia Wolfe and Nico Muhly provided variations via two separate compositions based on the folk song.

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New York City

24 Apr 2014

Love, loss and horrible siblings in night 3 of collected stories

Von Rebecca Lentjes

Paris

Minimalism with a bang: Bang on a Can All-Stars and the Cabaret Contemporain in Paris

Von Leopold Tobisch, 28 September 2013

Bang on a Can All-Stars are by no means small fish in a big pond. Their work within the world of minimalist and contemporary music, as well as their collaboration with some of the biggest names in 20th-century music, has made of them today a name respected by any fan of John Cage, Steve Reich, Terry Riley or Brian Eno (to name but a few of the best).

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Paris

28 Sep 2013

Minimalism with a bang: Bang on a Can All-Stars and the Cabaret Contemporain in Paris

Von Leopold Tobisch

A Scream and an Outrage: Session Two at LSO St Luke's

Von Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, 11 Mai 2013

The title for this Barbican event certainly threw up some interesting questions. Having failed to attend a riotous dinner party that was characterised by one attendee as “a scream and an outrage”, Nico Muhly set about curating a series of concerts under this title. However, no screams or outrages occurred this weekend.

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London

11 Mai 2013

A Scream and an Outrage: Session Two at LSO St Luke's

Von Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Youth Chorus with Kronos Quartet at Roulette

Von Rebecca Lentjes, 07 Mai 2013

Roulette has never looked so snazzy: the usual dishevelled hipsters were replaced by well-dressed audience members of all ages, wearing heels rather than flannel, drinking from wine glasses rather than beer bottles.

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Brooklyn

07 Mai 2013

Brooklyn Youth Chorus with Kronos Quartet at Roulette

Von Rebecca Lentjes

Still roaring: Richard Alston Dance Company at The Place

Von Katja Vaghi, 03 Oktober 2012

Richard Alston’s Autumn season At Home was greeted with a full house. Dance celebrities and non-celebrities, the older generation from his experimental years, and eager younger choreographers with notebooks all gathered in celebration at The Place.

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London

03 Okt 2012

Still roaring: Richard Alston Dance Company at The Place

Von Katja Vaghi

Bang on a Can: Field Recordings at the Barbican

Von Paul Kilbey, 20 März 2012

Bang on a Can were gentle with their London audience last night, giving the UK première of their Field Recordings project, a sequence of nine new compositions which all involved recorded sound or video samples.

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