In Pam Tanowitz’s ‘Song of Songs’ the Beloved Is Beauty
July 3, 2022
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October 11–October 14, 2023 – 7:45pm
‘just (after song of songs)’, ‘let me come in’, ‘we were’, ‘the sense of senses’ danced by Pam Tanowitz Dance
Barbican Center
Barbican Theatre
London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
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November 9–November 11, 2023 – 7:30pm
‘song of songs’ performed by Pam Tanowitz Dance (NYC premiere)
City Center
New York, NY
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February 22–February 23, 2015
‘almost all the time’ performed by Flux Quartet with choreography by Pam Tanowitz: Works and Process at the Guggenheim
New York, NY
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July 1, 8:00 pm – July 3, 2022, 8:00 pm
‘song of songs’ premiered by Pam Tanowitz Dance at Fisher Center at Bard
Bard College
Fisher Center at Bard
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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almost all the time (2014) 18'
string quartet
commissioned by Sages Gateshead, La Jolla Music Society, and Chamber Music Northwest
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song of songs (2022) 60'
a collection of vocal works
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Song of Song premiere with dance
From July 1-3 at Bard SummerScape David Lang and choreographer Pam Tanowitz premiere a new evening-length work, entitled Song of Songs. A hymn of yearning, steeped in images from the natural world, the dance was commissioned by The Fisher Center at Bard College, and the music was co-commissioned by The Fisher Center with LA Opera, The Company of Music (Austria), The Crossing (Philadelphia), and Flagey (Brussels). The program pairs Lang’s 2014 work just (after song of songs) with three vocal works composed and premiered over the past two years: let me come in, the sense of senses, and we were…
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First Person: Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang on the original Jewish love story
October 12, 2023
I wouldn’t say that I am super religious, but I am definitely religion-curious. It is a big part of my family background, and, to be honest, a big part of the history of my chosen field, Western classical music. For the past 1000 years, the church has been the most powerful commissioner of Western music, and its most active employer of musicians.
Because of this, much of our foundational repertoire is explicitly on the subject of how music helps a listener get in the mood for a religious experience…
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