The intrepid composers collective Bang on a Can could never be accused of thinking small: This is the organization that really put the idea of the 12-hour marathon concert on the map in New York City. And now, composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe are going bigger still with Long Play, a weekend-long celebration presented in venues all over Brooklyn, spanning a wide-open range of styles: contemporary classical music, improvisation, jazz, electronic music, avant pop and more.
Feast your eyes on a complete scheduleIf that's not enough, there are two more substantial new-music offerings happening this weekend. At the Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Hall, a stellar lineup of pianists will perform compositions by the late Frederic Rzewski, an iconoclastic modern Romantic virtuoso with an abiding interest in social and political justice.