Philip Glass

Essential is in the mind of the beholder, or in the case of The Essential Philip Glass, Sony's three-disc release in celebration of the 75th birthday of the distinguished composer, in the ear of the listener. If by essential you mean a representative ...  

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin "Not even kidding. lou reed watched @dasracist perform tonight & flipped the fuck out. at carnegie hall. how was your night?" - El-P "The night wrapped up with Lenny Kaye leading the Patti Smith band...  

Antony began by taking up the reins of Anderson's story ("Gretel, you can really be a bee-yotch!") before soaring into an almost wordless, orgasmic ending. Antony introduced British electronic music producer/singer-songwriter James Blake. Watching Blake ...  

The physical production originated with Glimmerglass Opera and was used in 2009 by Portland Opera (the latter's performance generated a fine recording from Orange Mountain Music). Designed by Andrew Lieberman, the single set is an attractively ...  

Prolific composers, during their lifetimes, are thought to be unserious. It happened to Mozart; it’s happened to Philip Glass. And in Glass’s case, as in Mozart’s, posterity will probably override contemporary opinion. It’s true that there are some ...  

The cast includes Christopher Purves (Walt Disney), David Pittsinger (Roy), Janis Kelly (Hazel George), Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney), Sarah Tynan (Sharon), Nazan Friket (Lucy) and John Easterlin (Andy Warhol). Dennis Russel Davies conducts ...  

Music Theatre Wales/Rafferty(Orange Mountain Music)Based on Kafka's 1914 short story, Philip Glass's chamber opera explores the circumstances of a condemned man awaiting execution. The Officer (Omar Ebrahim) believes in upholding the old methods of torture and killing; the Visitor (Michael Bennett) is appalled by what he sees but unable to intervene as the inevitable occurs. This is a tough but worthwhile listen, using the same cast as Music...  

With such high profile guests as Tom Waits, Martin Scorcese, Lou Reed, and Paul Simon, one would have expected the gathering to be something more in line with an industry event than a b-day bash in honor of “dear Philip.” Nevertheless ...  

It's no coincidence that composer Philip Glass and This American Life host Ira Glass have the same last name: They're second cousins. On today's Fresh Air, we replay excerpts from an onstage conversation between Ira and Philip in honor of the latter's 75th birthday.  

The funny thing is that I don't improvise. And people say, can you sit in and play with us? And I say, you know, I just never learned how to do that. I don't know if it's because I had some kind of mental block, but I'd always been a writing composer.  

YouTube Uploaded by antichicmusic on Feb 1, 2012 "Korg Micro X playing Cloudscape from the movie Koyaanisqatsi, Philip Glass, 12 midi tracks are playing a korg multi patch consisting of mainly brass typ sounds programmed and arranged by antichic music 2012"  

Today is the 75th birthday of Philip Glass, a composer of such influence and renown that he has achieved the rare position in his field where popular culture feels free to joke about his repetitive style without fear of confusion. (When's the last time you ...  

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Waiting for the Barbarians, an opera from J.M. Coetzee's novel (with the libretto by Christopher Hampton), had its premiere performance in September 2005. Glass defined the work as a "social/political opera", as a critique on the Bush administration's war ...  

MusicNow is an annual Cincinnati-based music festival created by The National’s Bryce Dessner, showcasing “contemporary music and artists that take risks and do not fit neatly into categories.” This year’s installment runs March 28-30th ...