Wordless Music reveals new season

For the upcoming third season, Terry Riley, German pianist Hauschka, the Calder String Quartet, the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Steve Reich are among those set to perform.

The series begins on 5 September with Andrew Broder of Fog playing alongside percussionist Owen Weaver. The following Sunday Los Angeles hip-hop/electronic artists Flying Lotus and Daedelus will be joined on stage by Brooklyn-based ensemble So Percussion, who will perform their own rail-inspired piece, Music for Trains.

Throughout the season, the re-formed Wordless Music Orchestra will perform the music of Bach, Prokofiev, Ravel, Shostakovich and Xenakis as a well as living composers including John Cage, Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass.

Stars of the Lid, Deaf Center, Library Tapes, Tim Hecker and Tom Brosseau will also give concerts during the season, which aims to highlight both established and emerging talent.

Most of the Wordless performance will take place at Le Poisson Rouge, a new venue in New York's West Village, although additional concerts are scheduled for Minneapolis, San Francisco and Washington DC, with other cities to be announced.

For full schedule details and ticket information visit www.wordlessmusic.org.

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