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Journal Archives for Philip Glass

  • 2008 Nonesuch "Best of" Covers, Part 2
    Monday, January 5, 2009
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    Nonesuch Artists Continue to Draw Year-End Accolades

    Since the last Nonesuch Journal entry of 2008, which laid out scores of year-end best-of lists featuring Nonesuch albums and artists, still more critical praise has come in placing this music among the year's best.

  • 2008 Nonesuch "Best of" Covers
    Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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    Nonesuch Albums Abound in Year-End Best Lists

    While 2008 may go down as one of the more turbulent years in recent (or distant) memory, or, more optimistically, a time of change, there is much to celebrate in the year in music. Nonesuch artists across all genres have contributed to that and, accordingly, have made their way onto many critics' lists of the year's best. For the final Nonesuch Journal article of the year, we offer an overview of just some of that year-end critical praise.

  • Glass Box [3D]
    Friday, December 5, 2008
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    The Republican (MA): Philip Glass Box Among "Most Innovative, Most Musically Fascinating" of the Year

    The Glass Box, the new 10-CD Nonesuch retrospective of works by Philip Glass, is recommended in The Republican, out of Western Massachusetts,  among "the more notable box sets" of the year, describing it as "one of the most innovative of this year and certainly one of the most musically fascinating." Glass has also announced the initial line-up for his annual Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in February. Slated to perform are Vampire Weekend, Patti Smith, and The National.

  • Philip Glass: The Glass Box exterior
    Friday, October 10, 2008
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    The Independent (UK): Nonesuch Site the Source for All Things "Glass Box" and More

    The Independent's Larry Ryan, in his round-up of the best on the web, recommends the Nonesuch site for fans of Philip Glass and prospective purchasers of the Glass Box, the new Nonesuch retrospective of 40 years of the composer's music to wrap their ears around the abundance of music. He suggests sampling the sound clips at the album page—with one available there for each of the collection's 102 tracks. Ryan also recommends tuning into Nonesuch Radio for full-length tracks by the composer and for a sampling of music from the broad array of artists on the label, "from Wilco to Amadou & Miriam to The Wire soundtrack to Glass and everything else in between."

  • Philip Glass
    Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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    Philip Glass to Write New Work on Life of Walt Disney for NYC Opera

    The Glass Box, the 10-CD Nonesuch retrospective covering 40 years of the works of Philip Glass, hits stores today, just one day after the New York City Opera announced that it has commissioned the composer to create a new opera on the life of another iconic American figure, Walt Disney. The new work for City Opera will be Glass's 24th opera and will honor his 75th birthday when it premieres in 2012–2013. In the nearer future, City Opera has scheduled Glass's Einstein on the Beach for 2009–2010; it will be the company's first production in its newly refurbished home at Lincoln Center.

  • Philip Glass: The Glass Box exterior
    Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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    Philip Glass 10-CD Retrospective Featured on BBC

    The Glass Box, Nonesuch Records' 10-CD collection of works by Philip Glass, is due out at the end of the month and is available for pre-order now in the Nonesuch Store. Yesterday on BBC Radio 3, In Tune featured a discussion with Glass plus three excerpts from works in the box, including the seminal Einstein on the Beach. Lincoln Center has announced that its 50th anniversary season, 2009–10, will include a production of Einstein on the Beach by the New York City Opera in its newly renovated New York State Theater.

  • Philip Glass: The Glass Box exterior
    Monday, September 15, 2008
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    The Independent (UK) Previews Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective with Insight on Artistic Pairings

    Philip Glass is featured in The Independent on Sunday with a preview of his forthcoming Nonesuch retrospective, the 10-CD Glass Box. Glass gives insight into a few of his most renowned collaborations, including his groundbreaking 1976 work with Robert Wilson, Einstein on the Beach, and his score to Martin Scorsese's Kundun, both featured on The Glass Box; as well as his work with artists like Doris Lessing, David Bowie, Brian Eno, and Leonard Cohen.

  • 8 Days in June Festival [logo]
    Friday, June 13, 2008
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    Adams, Reich, Glass, Frisell Music to Be Featured at 8 Days in June Festival

    Works by John Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, Bill Frisell, John Zorn, John Cage meet the music of Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's second annual 8 Days in June music festival, which kicks off tonight. It's a multidisciplinary affair aiming to examine the relationship between music and the explosive changes of the 20th and 21st centuries and harness the "The Power of Change."

  • Sunday, May 4, 2008
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    Philip Glass Talks with Paul Simon at BAM for Conclusion of Simon Celebration

    Tonight at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Paul Simon and Philip Glass come together at the BAM Harvey Theater for a conversation about art, life, and the creative process that will include questions from the audience as well. It is the culmination of Love in Hard Times: The Music of Paul Simon, BAM's monthlong celebration of the famed singer-songwriter that included David Byrne's unforgettable rendition of "You Can Call Me Al" and "I Know What I Know" for the April 9-13 events, Under African Skies. For tickets to tonight's BAMtalk, visit bam.org.

  • Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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    Laurie Anderson Begin Barbican Residency, Appears on BBC Radio

    Laurie Anderson kicks off her four-night residency at the Barbican Theatre in London tonight. The shows are part of the Barbican's bite08 festival of music, dance, and visual art taking place over the next month, as well as the Spring 08 Contemporary Events series, which also includes a sold-out performance by Toumani Diabate at the LSO St. Luke's this Friday and the UK premiere of Philip Glass's Waiting for the Barbarians in June.

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