From NYTimes.com:
Asphalt Orchestra (Wednesday and Thursday) This explosive marching band, assembled last year by Bang on a Can, returns with new drills and fresh repertory by Yoko Ono and David Byrne. The parade steps in a different Lincoln Center public space each evening (Wednesday at Broadway Plaza, Thursday at Hearst Plaza). (Through Aug. 8.) At 7 p.m., Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500, new.lincolcenter.org/live; free. (Steve Smith)
William Brittelle and Amercan Contemporary Music Ensemble (Tuesday) Mr. Brittelle, a composer and vocalist with one foot in the classical world and the other in pop, presents “Television Landscape,” a cycle of colorful, moving art-rock songs dealing with emotional isolation and environmental concerns. Sharing the bill is the outstanding American Contemporary Music Ensemble, which will offer premiere selections from “Future Shock,” Mr. Brittelle’s instrumental cycle in progress. At 7:30 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, West Village , (212) 505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com; $12. (Smith)
Caramoor International Music Festival (Friday and Thursday) On Friday at this elegant estate, the pianist Christopher O’Riley plays his reimaginings of songs by R.E.M., Nirvana, Pink Floyd and Radiohead, as well as music by Ravel, Shostakovich and Thomas Adès. On Thursday the Jasper String Quartet play Haydn, Berg and the premiere of Annie Gosfield’s “Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon,” inspired by the radio transmissions of the French resistance during World War II. Friday at 8 p.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Caramoor Festival, Spanish Courtyard, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, N.Y. , (914) 232-1252, caramoor.org; $15 to $35. (Schweitzer)
Maverick Concerts (Saturday and Sunday) The annual Woodstock Beat Benefit Concert, Saturday at 8 p.m., features Nexus and So Percussion, collaborating on Steve Reich’s monumental “Drumming,” with Mr. Reich present. An endearing quirk of this festival is that it is held in an open barn, which allows the sounds of nature and music to mingle. On Sunday at 4 p.m., the superb violinist Lara St. John plays the unaccompanied Partita No. 1 (BWV 1002) and the Sonata No. 3 (BWV 1005) from Bach, as well as Ysaye’s magnificent D minor Sonata (Op. 27, No. 3). Maverick Concerts, 120 Maverick Road, between Routes 28 and 375, West Hurley, N.Y. , (845) 679-2079, woodstockguild.org. The benefit is $100 for the seats in the first three rows and a preconcert party; $60 for seats in the concert barn; and $20 for seats in a tent outside. Sunday’s concert: $25 to $40; $5 for students; free for children under 12; outdoor seating on a pay-what-you-can plan. (Kozinn)
Marilyn Nonken and Sarah Rothenberg (Monday) These two pianists celebrate their excellent recent recording on the Bridge label of Messiaen’s kaleidoscopic “Visions de l’Amen,” a majestic work for two pianos he wrote in 1943 shortly after having been released from a prisoner-of-war camp. At 7 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com; $20 in advance; $15 at the door. (Schweitzer)
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