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Evening Music

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
  • David Lang (photo by Peter Serling)
    David Lang (photo by Peter Serling)

    Are You Experienced?

    One of the founders of Bang on a Can, composer David Lang was also the recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in music. We hear an earlier Lang work from 1991 which pays tribute to Jimi Hendrix in the title, "Are You Experienced." Written for for amplified tuba, orchestra, and narrator, "Are You Experienced" evokes a hallucinatory experience suffered by a music listener — after getting banged on the head.

Other Music on Tonight's Playlist Includes:

Gyorgy Ligeti / Cello Sonata
Igor Stravinsky / Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in E-flat
John Adams / Hallelujah Junction
John Tavener / Innocence
Nino Rota / Piano Concerto "Piccolo mondo antico" in E
Takashi Yoshimatsu / Threnody to Toki Op 12

This week's question at the Evening Music Blog:
What type of change is needed to shore up general appreciation and support for the arts? Is it a function of government, or is there something we should be doing as arts enthusiasts?
Weigh in with your opinion

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