Philip Glass

Music_makemethink_article_thumb Late yesterday afternoon, despite the fact that I was still getting over a hacking cough, sore throat, exhaustion, etc. -- which has kept me home bound for six days -- I wrapped myself up and ventured out into the rain to catch the York premiere of a String Sextet by my favorite living American composer Philip Glass.after I learned about the performance from his calendar. Obviously, I'm passionate about music...  

As a baritone in the role of astronomer Johannes Kepler sings of his thought processes when discovering that the orbits of planets are ellipses rather than egg-shaped, Philip Glass's music becomes almost lyrical. The renowned minimalist composer uses a rather tuneful set of pieces for  

Philip Glass is often acknowledged as the composer who brought art music to the public. In his latest opera "Kepler", inspired by the life and scientific contributions of Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, Glass brings music to science.  

Earlier this year, there was a bidding war for the 212 version of telephone number 867-5309, and it proved just how many people really wanted to make Jenny's digits their own. So even as the legacy of the famous number lives on, the New Yorker catches up with one of its writers, former-Tommy Tutone member Jim Keller. It seems that after the overwhelming success of the catchy single, and with the lack of any follow-up hits, Keller drifted...  

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 of control. Another song also appeared in the trailer for Watchmen...  

Philip Glass's new opera, Kepler , inspired by the life and scientific contributions of Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, premiered in the US at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York last week. Commissioned by the Upper Austrian State ...  

What’s on your iPod?" "Katy Perry, the Beatles, Coldplay, Joy Division, Lily Allen, Queen, Meat Loaf, The Stranglers, The Sex Pistols, The Sixteen, Cavalleria Rusticana and Philip Glass and The Enid.” Notice all the EMI artists. And the one punk ...  

Tracks from Moby, Paul Hartnoll of Orbital, Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly, Philip Glass and Markus Schulz are confirmed for the unique block puzzle game that sees players re-construct existing songs from these famous artists by ...