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“This performance is for the listeners whom I have never met.” - Philip Glass #otd #HappyBirthdayPhil #happybirthday
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Same Woman, Nadia Boulanger. nitter.app/bunkanmerguson/status/…
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Remembering David Bowie on what would have been his 75th birthday: 8 January 2022. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the Glass-Bowie-Eno trilogy of symphonies beginning with Low Symphony in 1992, and a conclusion with Lodger Symphony
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May 29th marks the annual “Manhattanhenge” phenomenon: the day when the sun aligns with the street grid of New York…this year it is also aligning with the @MetOpera production of Akhnaten. Good weather is forecast.
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Congratulations to US Figure Skater @nathanchen who has dominated Men’s Figure Skating this season, placing 1st at the US and World Championships. Watch an excerpt from his free skate program, set to music by Philip Glass
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Philip Glass, 1981.
Photo by Arnold Newman, National Portrait Gallery
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“…that’s why there’s all this different music around. It’s for different people.”
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In celebration of Philip’s 87th birthday - Opening (Official Video) bit.ly/PGSoloOpening
Brooklyn, NY Fall 2021
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Mishima performed by The Oslo Philharmonic in a concert honoring the recipients of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo Concert Hall @Filharmonien @NobelPrize .
Full video: piped.video/M3BJtyYL3rQ?si=b5Pa…
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Philip Glass and Gustavo Dudamel, May 22, 2025, following Symphony No. 11 with the New York Philharmonic
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Tomorrow 4pm Paris time, organist Mark Steinbach performs Philip Glass’s “Mad Rush” on the 1845 Cavaillé-Coll organ at La Madeleine Paris. Free to the public
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Announcing the world premiere of Philip Glass’ 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟭𝟱 "𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗻" - June 12 & 13th, 2026. Based on the texts of Abraham Lincoln, @NatSymphonyDC Orchestra led by Karen Kamensek, featuring baritone @_Zachary_James_ and @NatSymphonyDC
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“There were six people at my first concert, and one of them was my mother.”#happymothersday2021
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And here it is…
𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥 𝙂𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨: 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙖
(𝘽𝙤𝙗’𝙨 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩)
Now Live everywhere…
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Koyaanisqatsi at 40:
“The world has changed in 40 years, and it hasn’t. Koyaanisqatsi has lasted this long and endures because of its universal qualities. It could be any city, any group of people, any landscape.”
thecurb.com.au/40-years-of-k…
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Watch @st_vincent . Perform “Osamu’s Theme” in Honor of Philip Glass | @pitchfork pitchfork.com/news/watch-st-…
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On this day, Symphony No.1 "Low" a.k.a. Low Symphony based on the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno, premiered in Munich under Dennis Russell Davies @DavidBowieReal @davidbowie_news @brianeno @dark_shark #low #bowie #brianeno #symphony #philipglass #OTD #Low
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Today we celebrate Philip Glass’ 88th birthday with the world premiere recording of Prelude for Organ (2025)
Philip Glass composed the work for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris. Performed live on January 7th reopening Concert by Olivier Latry
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Philip Glass’ “The Light” (1987) performed last month at La Scala in Milan, Italy conducted by Carlo Boccadero and performed by Filharmonica della Scala
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Bob and I met in 1973, backstage at his show The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin, in New York. We began working together, Bob drawing, and me composing. What started as a natural collaboration turned into our work Einstein On The Beach
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A little Saturday AM Truman Sleeps:
Nathan Chen IG
姪っ子にPhilip Glassを弾いてきかせる🎹
ネイサン叔父さん☺️
#NathanChen
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Tonight’s performance of Symphony No.11 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti…with a drop in by the composer
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Philip Glass performing Dance 2 in 1978 at the Nova Convention from @TheKinolibrary
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“What I found most interesting in coming back to many of these pieces is that something has changed. The music remains the same but I have changed, the world has changed, the way people hear, including myself, has changed.” – Philip Glass, New Release: bit.ly/m/pgsolo2024
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Our friend, Jon Gibson - 1940-2020
Jon Gibson was one of the people responsible for the new musical languages which came out of the 1960s and 70s. Jon brought the technique of circular-breathing to the music, and to the Philip Glass Ensemble. 1/3
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Happy New Year 2025!
New Year’s Eve TV Livestream, today at 12:30pm EST featuring music from Philip Glass’s 1992 grand opera “The Voyage” with Dennis Russell Davies conducting MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, MDR Rundfunk Chor
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On this day, 5 September 1980, Philip Glass’ opera SATYAGRAHA had its premiere in Holland
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50 years to the day after Philip Glass's "𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀" had its premiere at The Town Hall in New York, the @PhilipGlassEns will perform the complete work at the same venue on 25 May 2024:
thetownhall.org/event/philip…
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“I met Mr. Morricone during my Hollywood years, at the party for the annual Acadamy awards. Besides being the greatest film composer of our day, he was perhaps the kindest and most elegant person I've ever met, a true gentlemen from head to toe.” -Philip Glass
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𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼
out everywhere now
bit.ly/m/pgsolo2024
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On this day April 5th, 1987, Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto received its world premiere at Carnegie Hall @carnegiehall
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“I expected to have a day job the rest of my life.” - Philip Glass theatlantic.com/business/arc…
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Available Today: new box set edition of Philip Glass’ Complete Piano Etudes from @PomegranateArts & @artisanbooks contains Individual folios of each Etude, and Studies in Time, a companion book of essays from fellow artists, friends, and collaborators.
🎥: @meganpfisher
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𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀’ “𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮” (𝗕𝗼𝗯’𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁)
Available for Pre-Order Now on @itunes
Release on August 4th on all platforms
@BobsBurgersFOX
music.apple.com/us/album/phi…
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