Video: STEVE REICH DIRECTING BANG ON A CAN

In 2009, composer Steve Reich received the Pulitzer Prize for his composition "Double Sextet". Nonesuch's pairing of "Double Sextet" with a similar composition, "2x5", produces a mixed bag. "Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms are great, but what about those currently above ground?" Anyone who has ever taken a college course in Western musical history probably had a variation of this question in the back of their minds at one point or another. In the textbooks for these classes, the final chapter would toss out a few names of modern composers to give students an idea of what classical music was [...]

Bon Iver @ Sasquatch Fest ( more by Chris Graham ) Tickets are now on sale for all of Merkin Hall's upcoming 2009/10 concerts. Those shows include the NY Guitar Festival 's Silent Films/Live Guitars series, which features David Bromberg and Marc Ribot playing alongside Charlie Chaplain films on January 14th, Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon with Steve Kimock accompanying Buster Keaton's Cops on January 21st, and [...]