Sequenza21/ (Free subscription) | yesterday
Philip Glass always does the unexpected. Or, as he said to me when we were talking on the phone about his subsequently Oscar-nominated score for Errol Morris’ 2003 The Fog of War, “I’m a bad person to interview because I never stay on the subject.” Well, yes and no. Yes, because Glass’ focus on the [...]
Javier Martín o Loogic (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Whatchmen y Philip Glass
Javier Martín o Loogic (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Enseñando a tocar el piano como Philip Glass
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Philip Glass's new opera Kepler explores the astronomer's tumultous intellectual path and he struggled with the cosmos and with theology.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The music of minimalist-art-music composer Philip Glass shows up in sort of predictable places like the Qatsi trilogy, the film The Illusionist , and a number of documentaries. Recently, the hyper modern music has shown up in some strange places. Recently, his "Metamorphosis for Piano" was the creepy backdrop to an episode of the new Battlestar Galactica rapidly spinning out...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Wall Street Journal : …Mr. Glass’s recent works—many for solo string instruments—are far removed from the electronically enhanced early pieces he wrote for his Philip Glass Ensemble. While they retain the hypnotic quality that comes from the cyclical arrangement of rhythmic and harmonic building blocks, works like the “Songs and Poems for Solo Cello”...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
"The worlds of music and science, as Mr. Glass sees it, are not that far apart. For starters, he is skeptical of science's claim to objectivity. 'Mathematicians are subject to the same kinds of enthusiasms as everybody else,' " he says....
operaman's blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
... Monday' to the list of days I shall not shop. Ugh! The man never stops In the film documentary Philip in Twelve Parts , Philip Glass reveals his secret to successful composing. "There is only one secret" he says "You get up early and work hard all day. That's the secret!" If his appearance in Portland was anything to go by he swears by this 'secret.' I overheard...
Space Invader (Free subscription) | yesterday
For no particular reason, a bit of a down tempo selection this week. I’ll try to be a bit more cheery for a Christmas Party mix featuring some, all or probably none of your upbeat festive favourites in two weeks time! John Cage & Philip Glass - Metamorphosis One The Hellers - Life Story Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Too Late (Instrumental) OutKast - She Lives In My Lap Photek -...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... progressive contrapuntal music that, with its repetitive patterns, references minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich, but from a greater distance. But that's only two aspects of the rich and surprisingly varied Manifest DeNsity...
Squandermania and other foibles (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
"I'm a serious composer, but I'm working at a time when audiences no longer assume strong and exclusive allegiances to one musical style. The significant thing isn't what's happening to me, it's what's happening to audiences." -- Philip Glass, ca. 1979 "I think the dividing line between establishment and non-establishment is breaking down.... The underground or any movement...
a sad day for sad birds (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the annual fundraiser on New Year's Day at the Poetry Project this year. This is always a favorite event of mine. The day offers so much from the range of performances--music, poetry, dance, etc.--and from the range of performers--beginners, professionals, young, old, somewhere in between, and so on. (I'll never forget hearing Philip Glass the...
smArts & Culture (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
My husband is angry at music. Well, technically, he’s angry at a libretto. But it ruined the whole piece for him. We were at BAM for the new Philip Glass piece, Kepler. And, you know, it was kind of disappointing....
Mensa Barbie Welcomes You (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Danny Green "Snow Bunting at Dusk" AUDIO: North Star: HERE. "Etoile Polaire" (Philip Glass) VIDEO: Lost in Silence: VIEW. VIDEO: ISAN - Birds over Barges - VIDEO Think good thoughts...
