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BAM Next Wave Festival 2014 announced: Rufus Wainwright, Tom Verlaine, Dean Wareham, Bradford Cox & lots more

Dean Wareham @ Maxwell’s, 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck)
Dean Wareham

While we already knew that “Nonesuch Records at BAM” and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Bryce Dessner collaboration (though details on that one were TBA) were going to be part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival, the full line-up of programming has just been announced. BAM Next Wave runs from September 9 through December 20, featuring 30 theater, music, dance, and film productions. 2014 Next Wave Festival subscriptions and single tickets to BAM Fisher presentations go on sale June 23 to the general public (June 16 to friends of BAM). Single tickets for all other Next Wave engagements go on sale Aug 18 (Aug 11 for Friends of BAM).

That doesn’t count the 13 Nonesuch Records 50th anniversary concerts which include shows featuring Philip Glass / Steve Reich; Devendra Banhart, Stephin Merritt, and Iron and Wine; Youssou N’Dour; Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, and more. Tickets to the Nonesuch shows are on sale now.

Among the non-Nonesuch music events, the highlight is probably Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films which happens at Howard Gilman Opera House on November 6 – 8. Presented by The Andy Warhol Museum (which turns 20 this year) and Dean Wareham, the events comprise 15 never-before-seen films captured by Andy Warhol between 1963 and 1968 on his original 16mm Bolex camera, scored (and performed live) by Bradford Cox, Eleanor Friedberger, Martin Rev, Tom Verlaine and Wareham.

In addition to his three nights with Steve Reich, Philip Glass will also be performing The Complete Piano Etudes at two concerts at Howard Gilman Opera House on Dec 5 & 6.

There’s also the world premiere of Black Mountain Songs featuring music by Bryce Dessner, Tim Hecker, John King, Nico Muhly, Richard Reed Parry, Caroline Shaw, and Aleksandra Vrebalov as performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. That happens Nov 20 – 22 at BAM Harvey Theatre. You may have gone to a preview of that earlier this month.

Part of the music-theatre program is the US premiere of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, “a contemporary take on 25 specially chosen sonnets from Shakespeare’s cannon” with a score by Rufus Wainwright and direction by Robert Wilson. Performances happen October 7 – 11 at Howard Gilman Opera House, and Wilson and Wainright will discuss the project on October 8 at BAM Fisher (Hillman Studio).

There is, of course, lots more. A brief rundown of all BAM Next Wave Festival 2014 programming is below…

BAM NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL 2014:

Nonesuch Records at BAM (previously announced):
Sep 9–11: The Philip Glass Ensemble & Steve Reich and Musicians
Sep 9: Brad Mehldau
Sep 10: Brad Mehldau & Chris Thile
Sep 11: Dawn Upshaw and Gilbert Kalish
Sep 12 & 13: Alarm Will Sound
Sep 12 & 13: Youssou N’Dour
Sep 18: Rhiannon Giddens
Sep 19: Devendra Banhart, Stephin Merritt, and Iron and Wine
Sep 20: Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Amidon, and Olivia Chaney
Sep 23–27: Landfall, Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet
Sep 24: Rokia Traoré, Toumani Diabaté, and Sidiki Diabaté
Sep 25 & 26: Caetano Veloso
Sep 27 & 28: Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters

Theater
Embers………………………………………Samuel Beckett, Pan Pan Theatre, Gavin Quinn
riverrun……………………………………….TheEmergencyRoom, Galway International Arts Festival, Olwen Fouéré
ABACUS…………………………………..Early Morning Opera, Lars Jan
Alan Smithee Directed This Play……….Big Dance Theater, Annie-B Parson, Paul Lazar
Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby………………….Samuel Beckett, The Royal Court Theatre and Mighty Mouth, Walter Asmus
Brooklyn Bred 2……………………………Martha Wilson, Clifford Owens, Dynasty Handbag, Pablo Helguera
Angels in America…………………………Tony Kushner, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Ivo van Hove
Salt of the Earth…………………………..PuppetCinema, Zvi Sahar
Six Characters in Search of an Author…Luigi Pirandello; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Emmanuel Demarcy Mota
The Object Lesson……………………….Geoff Sobelle, David Neumann
Basetrack………………………………….En Garde Arts, Edward Bilous
Birds With Skymirrors……………………Lemi Ponifasio, MAU
Howie the Rookie…………………………….Landmark Productions, Mark O’Rowe, presented in association with Irish Arts Center

Music-Theater
Shakespeare’s Sonnets…..Berliner Ensemble, Robert Wilson, Rufus Wainwright
The Source…………………Ted Hearne, Mark Doten, Daniel Fish
Wayfinders…………………Holcombe Waller
The Ambassador………….Gabriel Kahane, John Tiffany

Dance
QUANTUM…………………Gilles Jobin, Julius von Bismarck
Moment Marigold…………..Jodi Melnick
Wild Grass…………………..Beijing Dance Theater, Wang Yuanyuan
L.A. Dance Project…………Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck, William Forsythe
Kontakthof…………………..Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
Sadeh21…………………….Batsheva Dance Company, Ohad Naharin
Oxbow……………………….Ivy Baldwin Dance
The Wanderer………………Jessica Lang Dance

Music-Film
Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films…….The Andy Warhol Museum, Dean Wareham
Music
Black Mountain Songs…….Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Bryce Dessner
On Behalf of Nature………..Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
The Etudes……………………..Philip Glass
VIJAY IYER: Music of Transformation…Vijay Iyer, Prashant Bhargava, International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick