In a new weekly column about the world of classical music, Tom Service bemoans Hollywood turning pieces into slop through overuse. Plus: Philip Glass withdraws his symphony from the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass withdraws world premiere of his Lincoln symphony from Kennedy Center ○
Composer says values of Trump-dominated Kennedy Center ‘are in direct conflict’ with symphony’s message
Celebrated US composer Philip Glass has withdrawn the world premiere of his latest symphony at W…
3 months ago
Hania Rani: Non Fiction review – atmospheric and absorbing storytelling by Polish composer ⊕
Barbican Hall, London
From ghost-story minimalism to wartime memory, Rani’s two new works, premiered here, shimmer with imagination, although issues of balance diminished the piano concerto
In a crow…
Hallé/Shields: John Adams festival review – dynamism that could generate electricity ⊕⊕
Bridgewater Hall/RNCM Hall, Manchester
Adams himself praised the orchestra for giving ‘one of the best performances I’ve ever heard’ under Euan Shields of his Chamber Symphony, part of a four-concert …
6 months ago
‘I’d never seen anything like it’: Lucinda Childs on the extraordinary worlds of Robert Wilson ○
The dancer and choreographer recalls five decades of collaboration with the visionary stage director, including Einstein on the Beach
There was a production of Bob’s in New York in 1975, A Letter for …
11 months ago
Steve Reich: ‘We all wish art could counter the direction of US politics. But it can’t’ ○
Now 88, the minimalist composer has reissued his life’s work. He answers your questions about Bowie, the Grateful Dead, spirituality – and his complicated friendship with Philip Glass
Why does minimal…
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