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Airs on New Sounds at 11PM on 93.9 FM

2005 marks the 19th season John Schaefer has been presenting a groundbreaking series of concerts as part of his nightly New Sounds program. This year’s highlights include new commissions from Bang on a Can’s People’s Commissioning Fund as well as original silent film scores from the World Financial Center.

» Thursday, March 3
From the New Sounds Live concerts at Merkin Hall, the Bang on a Can All-Stars perform two newly-commissioned works and a new music classic with special guest Philip Glass. Carla Kihlstedt: The Long and Short of It: a Brief History of Chatter; J. G. Thirlwell: Anabiosis; Philip Glass: Music In Similar Motion.
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» Friday, March 4
From the New Sounds Live concerts at Merkin Hall, the Bang on a Can All-Stars perform a newly-commissioned work, revisit one of their first commissioned pieces, and a special encore work by Philip Glass. Cynthia Hopkins: Song Before Love Songs (a post-apocalyptic requiem for the human race); Dan Plonsey: The Plonsey Episodes.
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» Tuesday, March 15
The Clubfoot Orchestra plays a new score by Richard Marriott for the Lon Chaney silent film “Phantom of the Opera,” from the New Sounds Live/Silent Film series at the World Financial Center.
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» Tuesday, March 22
The Clubfoot Orchestra plays a new score by Richard Marriott for Sergei Eisenstein’s famous silent film “Battleship Potemkin,” from the New Sounds Live/Silent Film series at the World Financial Center.
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