January 31, 2007

Philip Glass @ 70.

Music by Philip Glass Philip Glass is 70 today, and Alex Ross has already designed the perfect entry.

So that leaves newsier notes, and there isn't much in English other than word from Memphis that the Nashville Symphony will be celebrating with a series of events set for February 12 through 18.

Only somewhat related is Joshua Kosman's piece in the San Francisco Chronicle on the Opera's upcoming season, which will feature the world premiere of Glass's Appomattox, with a libretto by Christopher Hampton, and Chris Beaumont's review of Glass's soundtrack for Notes on a Scandal.

Otherwise, you have to turn to the European papers for the career-spanning appreciations befitting a good round-numbered birthday: Volker Tarnow in Die Welt and, unfortunately for subscribers only, Christoph Bartmann in the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Wolfgang Sandner in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

See also: The site and the Wikipedia entry.



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Posted by dwhudson at January 31, 2007 2:03 AM