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Philip Glass News

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Monday Jul 21 | Music and Vision Daily

CD Spotlight. Intimate Mode - Quartets by Evans, Glass, Antheil and...

A thoroughly winning CD. Should anyone be wondering 'who on earth is Ralph Evans?', he's been first violinist of the Fine Arts Quartet since 1982 and here his non-derivative, audience friendly Quartet No 1 in ...

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Related Topix: Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Classical

Thu Jul 17, 2008

North Coast Journal Weekly Politics

The Death of Don Juan

In the current world of modern composition, no movement has been more influential than minimalism.

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Related Topix: Terry Riley, Classical, Steve Reich, Arts, Opera

The Sydney Morning Herald

Swansong of versatility and ambition

Combined effort ... Leonard Cohen, left, and Philip Glass. July 16, 2008 Kristy Edmunds's final Melbourne Festival features intriguing relationships and some musical luminaries, writes Bryce Hallett.

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Related Topix: Classical, Schoenberg, Arts, Poetry

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The State

Arts news

Composer John Fitz Rogers, pianist Phillip Bush and writer Julie Elliott, all of Columbia, have won fellowships from the S.C. Arts Commission.

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Related Topix: Classical, Steve Reich, American College, American University, American University of Puerto Rico, American College of Education

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Daily Candy

The Weekend Guide

This weekend is gonna be illin'. LISTEN Nico Muhly What: The wunderkind composer and Philip Glass protege's second solo album is two parts classical, one part electronic, and 100 percent awesome.

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Related Topix: Classical

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Cincinnati CityBeat

Opera Ahoy

Among his many duties as artistic director of Cincinnati Opera, Evans Mirageas sends CDs of contemporary operas he considers "a stretch" to the board members advising him on programming.

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Related Topix: Classical, John Adams, Cincinnati, OH, Puccini, Opera

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Miami New Times

Art Capsules

From the Bronx Museum comes the widely acclaimed survey of 17 years of work by Cuban-Dominican artist Quisqueya Henrquez.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Classical

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Boston Globe

'Portrait' gets inside world of Philip Glass

The documentary shows composer Philip Glass with son Marlowe, and in Nova Scotia.

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Related Topix: Classical, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Variety.com

Lane, Neuwirth set for 'Addams'

Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth will play Gomez and Morticia in a closed reading in August of upcoming Broadway musical "The Addams Family," with a score by Andrew Lippa and book by the "Jersey Boys" team of ...

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Related Topix: Horror, Family, Comedy Movies, The Addams Family, Classical

Wed Jun 25, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Mellow Cello: Joan Jeanrenaud makes her next great post-Kronos leap

Joan Jeanrenaud 's first CD after leaving Kronos Quartet was aptly titled Metamorphosis , indicating her personal transformation from ensemble player to solo artist.

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Related Topix: Classical, Cello, Kronos Quartet

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Columbia Spectator

Ginia Sweeney

To review the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Philip Glass's Satyagraha in a newspaper - 'in this old-fashioned, dying form of media - 'seems particularly apt, as newspapers both physically and ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Pop/Rock, The Magnetic Fields, Amsterdam, NY, Opera

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Arthousefilms

Opening today on the local art-house circuit: On and off, for a year and a half, from Nova Scotia to Melbourne, director-cinematographer Scott Hicks hung out with minimalist composer Philip Glass.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Drama, The Truman Show, Chicago Metro, Cinema, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Jun 11, 2008

WETA 90.9 FM

Why Haydn Should be Mandatory

Haydn must not be given up to period specialists. Symphony orchestras more and more tend toward a niche program of exclusively romantic and post-romantic repertoire: from Beethoven to Sibelius and everything in ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Sibelius, Beethoven, Mahler, Shostakovich, John Adams

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Music thing

Philip Glass: How do they play it so fast?

I am constantly in awe of real musicians. This clip is 'The Grid' from Koyaanisqatsi, which could be the greatest music video ever made - certainly the most copied.

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Related Topix: Classical

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Aworks

Summertime (1935). George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin /surprisingly fine/

I continue to play around with next.lala.com . I've done obvious things like subscribe at 10 cents a track to the nineties recording of Philip Glass' Music in Twelve Parts .

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Related Topix: Classical

Fri May 30, 2008

Houstoned

Without Air: Choreography Is King, But Where's the Star Power?

Trust Canadian choreographer James Kudelka to take the posture of Edgar Degas's iconic sculpture La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans and impose the little girl's titled head and hands-clasped-behind-the-back ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Classics, Arts, Modern Dance

Wed May 28, 2008

Miami New Times

Moving Pictures

Observing viewers engaging Robert Wilson's sensational series of high-definition video portraits at the Bass Museum of Art was akin to watching a pet dog discovering its own image in a mirror for the first ...

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Classical, Photography

Sat May 24, 2008

Art Daily

Voom Portraits Robert Wilson at The Bass Museum of Art

Peter Stormare, Actor, 2004, Music by Michael Galasso Arranged by Peter Cerone, 65" plasma display panel with single unit stereo speaker and HD media player.

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Related Topix: Speakers, Miami-Beach, FL, Classical, Arts, Opera

Tue May 20, 2008

Alex Ross

Symphonic kitty

A Mahler-loving cat showed up at a recent performance by the Israel Philharmonic.

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Related Topix: Classical

Sat May 03, 2008

New York Press

Counter Critic: At the Met With Philip Glass

Caught the penultimate performance of Philip Glass's pacificst epic Satyagraha . via New York Press

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Related Topix: Classical, The Hours, Drama

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