Category: Glass notes

The Glass Harpsichord Concerto Returns to Seattle

INTERVIEW WITH JILLON STOPPELS DUPREE This weekend, Early Music Seattle presents Philip Glass’s Harpsichord Concerto with soloist Jillon Stoppels Dupree, who performed the premiere back in 2002. Richard Guérin: “What do you remember about the premiere of the piece?  I recall there being a flourish of soloists in the mix around the premiere and that you had something like one…
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Paris Philharmonie 2023-2024

The Paris Philharmonie presents a wide range of Glass programming on their 23-24 season including Music in 12 Parts, Einstein on the Beach, the Cocteau Trilogy, Dracula, and a discussion on Minimalism The Philip Glass Ensemble – Music in 12 Parts Sunday, October 8, 2023 6:00pm Tickets Dracula Arranged for solo piano, Michael Riesman October 31, 2023 6:30pm; 10:00pm Tickets…
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Glass: Reimagined

GLASS: REIMAGINED CELEBRATING GLASS’ 85TH BIRTHDAY Pomegranate Arts and Rockefeller Center present an evening of performances by longtime Glass interpreters, the Kronos Quartet, and electronic composer Jlin. This celebratory event will explore Philip Glass’ influence through a shared concert featuring performances by longtime Glass interpreters, the Kronos Quartet and electronic composer Jlin in her first performance honoring the composer. Featuring…
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New Production of Einstein on the Beach – Theater Basel, Wiener Festwochen, Berliner Festspiele

EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH RECEIVES NEW PRODUCTION Theater Basel and Berliner Festspiele produce Glass and Wilson’s landmark opera, direction by Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg In their first opera production, Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg create a futuristic total work of art about space and time. Utilizing their unmistakable style of theatre, they smash the boundaries between humans and machines,…
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Conducting AKHNATEN – Interview with conductor Karen Kamensek

Interview with conductor Karen Kamensek, conductor of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera from May 19th to June 10th, 2022 Richard Guérin: My first awareness of your work on Philip Glass’s music was seeing your name on the credits for the recording of Les Enfants Terribles. The recording was in the early 2000s but I believe that recording was connected to the…
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Mari Samuelsen plays Glass Violin Concerto No.1 in London

Mari Samuelsen and the BBC Concert Orchestra perform Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No.1 on Thursday 5 May 2022 at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, 19:30 I first became aware of Mari Samuelsen around 2014 when I heard that composer James Horner (1953-2015) was going to compose a concerto work. Samuelsen and her cellist brother Hakon Samuelsen commissioned the composer…
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Einstein on the Beach NFT

EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH NFT Iconic Bed Scene minted as a digital artwork The latest revival of the original production of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s opera Einstein on the Beach (1976) was in 2012, and it toured around the world. Now it is making its entrée into the digital realm: the iconic “Bed scene”, the slow rise of a…
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Akhnaten Recording wins GRAMMY Award 2022

Akhnaten Recording (2021) wins a GRAMMY Award Recorded live at the MET Opera, November 2019. This production was originally created by English National Opera and LA Opera, in collaboration with Improbable Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” wins a GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. The award is given to the recording’s conductor, Karen Kamensek; stars J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James,…
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BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Glass wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Music and Opera Award Ceremony June 2022 The prestigious Frontiers of Knowledge Award has gone to Philip Glass for forging a unique musical style that embraces cultural traditions from around the world and appeals to audiences of all generations. The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Music and Opera, in its…
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