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  • 2009 Releases
    OMM Releases: "GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts"; "In the Upper Room" (complete) Other Releases: Sentieri Selvaggi performs Philip Glass (Facades) & Gavin Bryars; Amstel Quartet (Glass Saxophone Qt); Suite en Duo (Open the Kingdom)
  • 2008 Releases
    OMM: WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS; Archive Disc IV: "Neverwas"; (2007/08 Book of Longing); Wendy Sutter - Songs and Poems for Solo Cello; Paul Barnes - The American Virtuoso; Animals in Love, Concerto Project Vol. III; Archive Disc III: "Jenipapo"; the Smith Quartet - Glass; Music in 12 Parts Live; Naxos: from Beauty and Light: The Music of Philip Glass; The GLASS BOX (Nonesuch); Portrait (Angele Dubeau & La Pieta); Four American Quartets (Naxos (Company)); Michael Riesman - Philip Glass Soundtracks (OMM); Another Look at Harmony, Part IV (Somm)
  • Other 2007 Releases
    Healing the Divide (CD/DVD), Marin Alsop conducts Glass "Heroes" Symphony and "The Light" on Naxos, Minimal Piano Collection, John Lenehan "Glass Piano Music", Roving Mars on DVD, Neverwas on DVD
  • 2007 Releases on OMM
    Dracula (solo piano); Icebreaker plays Music with Changing Parts; Alter Ego performs Philip Glass; From the Philip Glass Recording Archive Vol. I: THEATER MUSIC, Vol. II "Orchestral Music"
  • 2006 Recording Highlights
    1. The Witches of Venice 2. Notes on a Scandal 3. Symphony No.8 4. The Illusionist 5. The Voyage

Fan Contributions

July 06, 2009

Telluride Daily Planet "Life in a Glass House"

Article here.

Patti Smith & Philip Glass

The two artists performed their "Allen Ginsberg" night in Lyon France on June 30th. Thanks to Marc for this submission.
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July 02, 2009

Even Bach Needed Goldberg (Wall St. Journal)+ video

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From today's Wall Street Journal. 

And some video from the Scott Hick's documentary of Glass performing in Melbourne.

July 01, 2009

The Seasons Project

After the World Premiere with the Toronto Symphony and the UK premiere with the London Philharmonic, Violin Concerto No.2 "The American Four Seasons" will be going on tour with the Venice Baroque Orchestra (according to soloist McDuffie's site) More info at robertmcduffie.com
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June 30, 2009

Bruckner Orchester Linz plays Symphony No.4

The definitive performers of Philip Glass' orchestral music, performed Symphony No.4 "Heroes" on Friday night.  This year the city of Linz is the cultural capital of Europe.  The Bruckner Orchester, this year, performed Symphony No.7 "Toltec" on New Year's, the Timpani Concerto in March, Symphony No.4 last week, on its US tour in November they will do the Glass Violin Concerto in NY and in other cities and Toltec in North Carolina before heading back to NYC for the US premiere of Kepler. 
What an institutional commitment to a composer's music.  Mostly, I imagine, it's thanks to its remarkable Music Direktor, Dennis Russell Davies.

June 23, 2009

Kepler at BAM

Go to www.bam.org and access the link to the Next Wave Festival. When you find KEPLER, you'll be able to watch a 90 second preview video with a demo excerpt from the opera.

Planctus & Opening

Planctus with Natalie Merchant And "Opening" on VH1

June 22, 2009

Sono ritornato

I have returned from my break and plenty transpired in my absence. I will post a few updates at a time. The most noteworthy is the University of California's coverage of the US premiere of the Glass Cello Concerto in La Jolla winning an Emmy.
And this nice little video on Daily Motion from les Nuits de Fourviere.
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June 03, 2009

Going Quiet...

I will be on hiatus until June 22 after my nuptials this weekend which will take place at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall with musical accompaniment on this lovely instrument, The Great Organ.  This is the old pipe organ of the Boston Symphony from before Symphony Hall was opened in 1900. The orchestra and organ resided in the old Boston Music Hall.  After they left, the organ went into storage until Edward Searles built a new hall in 1909 in Methuen Massachusetts specifically just to house the organ (bottom photo).  This is a great American treasure if you ever have a chance to go see it, don't miss it.

Old Building

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New Building from 1909
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June 01, 2009

Record Reviews: Upper Room and Juniper (New Zealand)

The New Zealand Herald's review.

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