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American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall
The New York Times, February 23, 2009

In an exciting new development, some of the ACO's recent concerts are now available for streaming at InstantEncore. You can already hear pieces by Anna Clyne, Jonathan Dawe, Charles Mason, Ned McGowan, Dan Trueman, Kamran Ince, Fred Ho, Gregory Spears, Keeril Makan, Clint Needham and -- exclusive to those who register as fans of the ACO -- Terry Riley. The pieces included in my review of Friday's concert, which were subsequently recorded yesterday in Philadelphia, should be available for streaming this Friday.

It's a shame you won't be able to both see and hear Breakdown, the daffy multimedia piece by Margaret Brouwer and Kasumi. Here's the trailer, which should give you a pretty good idea of what the piece was like:

And here's the video with Derek Bermel, mentioned in the lede of my review: