Friday, May 8, 2020
‘the little match girl passion’ performed by Fullerton College Chamber Singers
Fullerton College
Fullerton, CA
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The Guardian UK
June 5, 2014
More than 20 years ago I was performing in London and staying at a friend’s flat near the Arsenal stadium. One day, between rehearsals, I decided to go and watch a match. I’m not a big football fan, and I was there alone, feeling lonesome and a bit miserable. But as the match began, an amazing thing happened. Everyone in the stadium started to sing, and I found myself in the middle of a giant 38,000-strong choir…continue reading
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‘anatomy theater’ New York premiere
From January 7-14, the Prototype Festival presents the New York premiere of David Lang’s anatomy theater, co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects, with set design by Mark Dion, direction by Bob McGrath, conductor Christopher Rountree and the International Contemporary Ensemble, plus Bill Morrison (video), Laurie Olinder (projection), Christopher Kuhl (lighting), and Alixandra Gage Englund (costumes).
Based on actual 18th-century texts, anatomy theater follows the astonishing progression of an English murderess: from confession to execution and, ultimately, public dissection before a paying audience of fascinated onlookers…
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 – 2:00pm
‘i live in pain’ performed by Luminescence Chamber Singers
The Neilson
Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
‘make peace’ performed by Arizona Repertory Singers
Episcopal Church of the Apostles
Oro Valley, AZ
Oro Valley, AZ
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by fire (1984) 5'
Text by Sun Tzu, Robert Scheer
small chorus SATB
the BBC Singers
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memorial ground (2016) 30'
massed singers and soloists
commissioned by East Neuk Festival and 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, supported by the National Lottery throughthe Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England and by the Department for Culture Media and Sport, with the support of Creative Scotland.
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David Lang Wins Music Pulitzer
April 7, 2008
By Tom Huizenga
Listen to excerpts of the interview here
Read more…David Lang, a New York-based composer, has won the Pulitzer Prize for music with his piece, The Little Match Girl Passion, based on the children’s story by Hans Christian Andersen.
Lang’s music makes a big impact with small forces. The piece is scored for only four voices and a few percussion instruments, played by the singers…
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when I am alone (2015) 30'
mumbling choir
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“With his winning of the Pulitzer Prize for the little match girl passion (one of the most original and moving scores of recent years), Lang, once a postminimalist enfant terrible, has solidified his standing as an American master.”
— The New Yorker
Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms…
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