Past events

Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.

Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

Ligeti Quartet
Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano
James Girling guitar

Music and arrangements by Arthur Keegan

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

Classical:NEXT presents artists and ensembles from around the world that push the boundaries and extend the horizons of art music.

The Showcase Festival features a live concert series of artists and productions across different formats, providing a unique opportunity to experience a number of performances in a short amount of time.

The Festival is comprised of Daytime and Evening Showcases, Club Showcases and DJs with performances at the Innovation Award ceremony.

Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present the ground–breaking Ligeti Quartet, performing the work of Wadada Leo Smith and Anna Meredith at Solar Myth on Monday, May 6, 2024.

This event is open to the public and free (not ticketed).

More information: https://bangonacan.org/long-play-2024/

Ligeti Quartet play tracks from their new album Nuc, of music by Anna Meredith, at Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival. 

Featuring 50+ concerts , Long Play also showcases a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn – with performances at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Roulette, Public Records, BRIC, Murmrr, Irondale Center for the Arts, The Center for Fiction, plus outdoor events and more. A limited number of 3-day Early Bird Festival and Supporter Passes are on sale now!

19:00 - 19:45: Student compositions with visual accompaniment
19:45 - 20:00: Interval
20:00 - 21:15: Ligeti Quartet plays Anna Meredith

This concert is part of the Cultures of Creative Health programme; in addition to strings, Nuc features the sounds of synths, drum machines, birdsong, an MRI scanner, brass and hums, exploring the sounds we encounter as part of everyday wellbeing practices as well as in medical settings.

Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.

Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath

Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.

Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath

Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.

Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath

A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.

LAURA JURD Stepping back, jumping in

Laura Jurd - trumpet
Raphael Clarkson - trombone
Martin Lee Thomson - euphonium
Ligeti Quartet - strings
Elliot Galvin - piano 
Conor Chaplin - bass
Corrie Dick - drums
Rob Luft - banjo, gitar

Hay Music celebrates 101 years since the birth of György Ligeti with the return of the superb Ligeti Quartet, highly acclaimed exponents of his work. The concert will be preceded by a 15 minute introduction by two people who knew Ligeti well: Prof Richard Steinitz OBE, author of the definitive book on Ligeti and Sally Groves MBE, who was Ligeti's agent for many years, together with a member of the Ligeti Quartet.

We are delighted that students from the Glenn Gould School will join us to perform Ligeti's Ramifications and Poeme Symphonique in our debut Toronto concert!