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The Great Learning by by Cornelius Cardew (North American premiere)

  • Central Presbyterian 200 East 8th Street Austin, TX, 78701 United States (map)

Brent conducts instrumentalists of New Music Co-Op & Line Upon Line Percussion with singers of Texas Choral Consort in the North American premiere of Cornelius Cardew’s seven-hour, Confucian-texted The Great Learning.

Tickets & info at NMCO

NOTE: Evening One features Paragraphs 1 through 4, while Evening Two features Paragraphs 5-7

2012 concert wrap-up article on this landmark performance by New Music USA

Review by Kendra Steiner Editions

Article on NMCO percussionist Sarah Hennies’ 2013 NYC re-staging of the Austin production, via the New York Times