Event overview
One most influential music makers of the late 20th century, Philip Glass, turns 80 on 31 January. Come and celebrate with a concert of his keyboard works.
Performed by PhD student, minimalism scholar and member of the multi-keyboard ensemble Piano Circus, Paul Cassidy will perform keyboard pieces by Glass, including 'Music in Fifths' (1969) and 'Two Pages' (1968).
Programme:
In Again Out Again (1968) for keyboard/backing track
Two Pages (1968) for keyboard
Music in Fifths (1969) for piano
Mad Rush (1979) for piano
Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen to David Bowie, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times.
The new musical style that Glass was evolving was eventually dubbed “minimalism.” Glass himself never liked the term and preferred to speak of himself as a composer of “music with repetitive structures.” Much of his early work was based on the extended reiteration of brief, elegant melodic fragments that wove in and out of an aural tapestry. Or, to put it another way, it immersed a listener in a sort of sonic weather that twists, turns, surrounds, develops.
Image from PhilipGlass.com
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2017 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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