rogerbourland.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I watched the two-hour documentary on Philip Glass this weekend called GLASS: Portrait in 12 parts. It’s a terrific look inside one of America’s most successful composers. The amount of work he has done in his life is stunning: operas, symphonies, film scores, concertos, chamber music, piano music. He confesses to getting up early in [...]
Gear Diary (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
If you are a fan of modern classical composition, you are likely aware of the minimalist movement and composers such as Steve Reich, Terry Riley, John Adams,and Philip Glass. Glass gained fame in the 70’s for his operatic work ‘Einstein on the Beach’, and has been heard in many … [visit site to read [...] Related posts: GearDeal: Download Weird Al Yankovic...
dramma per musica (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Here are a few of titles I’ve been reading in preparation for my pre-performance talks on Orphée. Philip Glass, Music by Philip Glass (Da Capo) Richard Kostelanetz, ed., Writings on Glass: essays, interviews, criticism (Schirmer) Robert Maycock, Glass: a portrait (Sanctuary) K. Robert Schwartz, Minimalists (Phaidon) Keith Potter, Four musical minimalists:...
dramma per musica (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I’m off to meet Operaman for coffee, and then we’re both heading over to the Portland Opera offices, where we’ll join other local journalists and bloggers for a round table discussion/interview with Philip Glass. Stay tuned for more on that later this afternoon… UPDATE: In addition to Operaman and myself, the “other local journalists and bloggers”...
dramma per musica (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From this morning’s Philip Glass round table – my brush with greatness. Thanks to Operaman for having his camera at the ready.
operaman's blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I am becoming increasingly excited at the prospect of getting to see Orphée here later this week. This seemed like a good enough excuse to corral our General Director, Christopher Mattaliano, and have a chat with him about it. Chris, there are certain matters that the enquiring minds of Operaman's readers just need to know. So, let me begin with this: What made you decide to produce Philip...
WebMink (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... track. **** Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble: Semi-Detached - Deliciously spacey, Philip Glass-inspired new music fusion track. The bass heartbeat and twiddly (technical term) instrumetals complete it and make it one of favourite tracks of late. ***** Barlow Girl: Hello Sunshine - Pop music wannabes from the "Contemporary Christian" twilight zone. Sorry,...
Welcome to the 37th Kingswood Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... encasing good use of silks from the guard. The piece used a soprano following his own pathway. Philip Glass's 1000 Airoplanes on the Roof was presented with some aggressive playing and visual storytelling to match. this led into Ode to Joy finale, showing some stamina issues, but was a good ending to the corps 40th year. 37th's improvement from when i first saw them earlier was, to...
The Writing Life II (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
“In a perfect world, everyone would be an artist, and no one would sign their work.” --Philip Glass I think this is a brilliant statement -- and very idealistic. The anonymity of the artist would mean that art has a non-commercial function. But in our culture, the function of art is mostly commercial. We give lip service to it being otherwise but this is political self-serving...
Gear Diary (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Anyone who has been around digital music for any part of the last 20 years knows the name Novation. They hit the scene first as a maker of inexpensive and portable MIDI keyboard controllers, but over the years have grown to be SO much more. Now they are out with their latest cool [...] Related posts: GearDeal: Philip Glass “The Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass Sampler...
operaman's blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A couple of weeks ago, at the urging of Bob Kingston, I watched the documentary on Philip Glass called ' A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts '. Overall I enjoyed it enormously. There was one mildly jarring note. Right at the beginning of the film, Glass is heard as a voice over, saying (and I paraphrase) "There's lots of music in the world. There's the Beatles and...
liveatthewitchtrials (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
There is a lie in this post Robert Altman one tattooed the residents dog . Philip Glass and Steve Reich once ran a furniture removal company The molecules in air move faster then the speed on sound Chuck D and Flavor Flav once worked in furniture removal Theodore Roosevelt was the first Westener to shoot a giant panda
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... from India, West Africa and the Middle East, and landmark works by composers such as John Cage, Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Frank Zappa. Recent seasons have included concerts across the United States and the United Kingdom, with major engagements at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress in Washington, London’s Wigmore Hall, and Percussive Arts Society International...
