Bang on a Can: Long Play Festival at Brooklyn Music School

Two performances in one night at Brooklyn Music School, as a part of Long Play Festival 2026.

7:30 pm – Sarah Hennies and Tristan Kasten-Krause 
9:30 pm – Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeishi – VORTEX

The duo of Tristan Kasten-Krause and Sarah Hennies works collaboratively to compose large-scale compositions employing drones, psychoacoustic phenomena, and extended techniques on double bass and an array of gongs, bells, vibraphone, and other percussion instruments. Their work includes delicate interplay of high-pitched tones, deep resonances, and patient, slowly unfolding extended durations that evoke a mysterious sonic landscape.

VORTEX features Shoko Nagai (piano, accordion, analog synthesizers, electronics) and Satoshi Takeishi (playing a unique “hybrid set” consisting of both western and eastern traditional percussion instruments). Their blend of acoustic instruments and electronic processing create a vivid sonic world.

You can get access to this show with a Long Play Pass.

Bang on a Can presents the 5th year of Long Play, a four-day destination music festival, presented from Thursday, April 30 through Sunday, May 3, 2026. Long Play takes place at multiple venues around Downtown Brooklyn and features 70+ concerts, including the Bang on a Can All-Stars playing a brand new arrangement of the iconic Philip Glass album Glassworks in its entirety and Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer prize-winning Anthracite Fields with Trinity Choir, Steve Reich’s classic Sextet plus Electric Counterpoint performed live by 13 electric guitarists, the legendary Billy Hart Quartet, the esteemed and extraordinary Amina Claudine Myers, and the US premiere of Kali Malone.

Full 4-day and Supporter Passes are on sale now, as well as 1-day Saturday and Sunday passes.