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

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

David Lang’s new opera the loser opened the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday night, but simply lacked theatricality.

Carnegie’s Zankel Hall hosts a four and a half hour celebration of the work of Meredith Monk.

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

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.

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.