Glenn Branca's Symphony #13 (Hallucination City)

I saw this performed in the plaza at the base of the World Trade Center towers in June 2001. The performance was memorable, and amazingly appropriate for the space, 100 electric guitars producing a trance-like sound that captivated the smallish crowd. There may have been 500 people there, but that space was so vast it was impossible to know. It was the last time I remember being at the site, and it is a happy memory of the power of serious music played by an extremely talented ensemble.

Alexis Kraft