Glass Notes

"War is Always Sorrowful..."

The Leeds Youth Opera will be the second company to produce Philip Glass' Appomattox, this July in Leeds.

Glass on Glass

GLASS on GLASS
­A Gala Evening with Philip Glass + Ira Glass

Tuesday April 28, 2009

6:00 PM 
Exclusive Pre-Performance Cocktail Party

    * DUMBO’s newly renovated Clocktower at 1 Main, with its  ­incomparable views of  New York harbor through four majestic glass clocks  ($1,000 only)

    * Galapagos Art Space at 17 Main Street ($350 only)

7:30 PM
World Premiere Performance of Glass on Glass at St. Ann’s Warehouse, a one-time-only evening with cousins, composer Philip Glass and master storyteller, Ira Glass, host of public radio’s This American Life. ($150; $350; $1,000)

9:15 PM
Seated banquet dinner with the artists in the grand foyer of St. Ann’s Warehouse ($1,000 only)

Terry Riley "In C"

A huge group of talented people (Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Jon Gibson, Osvaldo Golijov, Evan Ziporyn, Terry Riley and many more) are taking the stage tonight at Carnegie Hall to perform Terry Riley's "In C".  I was on stage for soundcheck an hour ago...in case yoiu always wondered what it looks like from the stage at Carnegie Hall.

Trio Solisti performs LIVE on WQXR, the largest radio station in the US, on Tuesday, April 21st from 4:30-5PM.

The Trio plays selections from the new CAFE MUSIC cd, and a portion of the Philip Glass Sonata for violin and piano (2008). They'll be interviewed about our new cd, and our upcoming concert on April 24th at Judson Church in New York. (concert at 8PM at 55 Washington Square South)

To hear the Trio live on April 21st, tune to 96.3 OR listen online at
www.wqxr.com at 4:30PM.

Philip Glass & Tim Page in Conversation

You can download the video of this interview here or watch it on YouTube here

Symphony No.1 "Low" - Calgary January 2009

CBC radio streams their performance of the Glass "Low" Symphony a couple months ago. Friend of the program, Alastair Willis, conducts.

WITF - Video of Glass Violin Sonata

 

The WITF Performance Studio was privileged to host violinist Maria Bachmann and pianist Jon Klibonoff on the afternoon of February 27th. For its on-air audience they performed the second movement of a new work by Philip Glass, a Sonata for Violin and Piano. The following night at a Market Square Concert at Whitaker Center the musicians performed the world premiere of the work, and received a standing ovation from the packed house.

PBS tonight! and Bruckner Orchester US Tour (& BBC Proms)

It's not every night that a Philip Glass documentary is aired on national TV. So, please tune in tonight at 9:00PM in most areas to catch GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts on PBS.  I had a friend call from Dallas last night as he noticed it in his TV program guide.

The world's greatest champion of Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies is bringing his orchestra, the Bruckner Orchester Linz, back to the United States in November for a tour which includes Glass repertoire.  The orchestra's last US tour was in 2005 during which they premiered the great Glass Symphony No.8 on the first part of a program paired with Symphony No.6 on the second half.
The orchestra has been playing dates all over Europe the past 4 years which has included additional performances of the Eighth and the Violin Concerto.
This November, Davies bring the Glass Violin Concerto to New York (Nov.9), the Violin Concerto in Wake Forest NC (Nov. 10), and the Violin Concerto along with Symphony No.7 "Toltec" in Chapel Hill, NC (Nov.11) and they wrap up the tour with three performances of the new Glass opera Kepler at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Nov. 18, 20 and 21). 

In a related note, Dennis Russell Davies recently released this recording of the completed Ninth Symphony of Schnittke now available on iTunes.

The BBC Proms were announced today and Dennis Russell Davies will be conducting Gidon Kremer in the Violin Concerto along with Symphony No.7 "Toltec" on August 9th.

Einstein on the Beach - The Changing Image of Opera

GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts is available on DVD today, in advance of tomorrow's broadcast on PBS.

This documentary about Einstein on the Beach in 1984 at BAM.

Satyagraha returns to the ENO

From Reuters