Canto Ostinato at Brooklyn Botanic Garden on June 20

Erik Hall, Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion: Canto Ostinato at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Erik Hall, Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion: Canto Ostinato at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
June 20. Sunrise - 5:00AM on the Cherry Esplanade | Sunset - 7:30PM in the rolling hills of Plant Family Collection

Perhaps the best way to celebrate the summer solstice today is outside, watching the sun rise, or set, on this longest day of the year. So the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is presenting two live performances of Canto Ostinato, a mesmerizing work by the late Dutch composer Simeon Ten Holt, in a brand new arrangement for 50 musicians. The sunrise performance is an intimate affair, for Sandbox Percussion and Erik Hall at 5AM. In the sunset show at 7:30PM, Erik Hall joins the Metropolis Ensemble and Sandbox Percussion for the performance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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