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Opera's battle for the big screen

4735 days ago
Guardian MusicManager Peter Gelb is leading the way in attracting a new, younger audience to New York's Metropolitan Opera, but at what cost?In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles a ... more info

Minimalism at 50: how less became more

4749 days ago
Guardian MusicMinimalism won the battle for stylistic supremacy in the 20th and 21st centuries – but became something its composers never intendedMinimalism is 50 years old this month. Today, the 20th century's most successful musical "ism" has got its repetitiv... more info

Eugene Onegin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Janine Jansen/Vänskä – review

4754 days ago
Guardian MusicColiseum; Royal Festival Hall, LondonIn Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin each act ends in catastrophe. First the young heroine, Tatyana, spurned in love, bids farewell to innocence. Then Lensky, the ardent poet, dies meaninglessly in a duel. At last, in p... more info

Glass' meditation on Gandhi returns to Met

4767 days ago
Topix"Satyagraha," Philip Glass' at times magical - and at times maddening - meditation on the early career of Gandhi, is back at the Metropolitan Opera where it enjoyed a triumphant run three years ago. more info

Laurie Anderson playing benefit w/ Philip Glass (whose work is being performed & remixed elsewhere too)

4771 days ago
Brooklyn VeganPhilip Glass at Bang on a Can in June (more by Andrew Frisicano) Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson are headlining the NYC Film-Makers Co-op Benefit at Santos Party House on November 16. Other artists performing include David Barton's band Liquid Blon... more info

Bang on a Can All-Stars – review

4772 days ago
Guardian MusicTramway, GlasgowTwenty-five years ago, fed up with the stylistic warfare between New York's avant-garde factions, composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon founded a music collective called Bang on a Can. It started with marathon "play-ins... more info

BBCSSO/Brabbins – review

4773 days ago
Guardian MusicOld Fruitmarket, GlasgowWhile extended 75th birthday tributes for Philip Glass were going on across town, Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra honoured a composer who, had he not been killed in a hit-and-run in 1981, would also hav... more info

This week's new live music

4776 days ago
Guardian MusicLed Bib, on tourTheir name came from the dentists' garment that protects customers from x-rays, but their listeners might feel they need something similar as protection from the broadsides of punk-jazz this collective unleash. Led Bib meld John Zorn ... more info

Pete Rugolo

4783 days ago
Guardian MusicControversial jazz composer and arranger best known for his work with Stan KentonIn the days when virtual wars were waged over the direction of jazz, the composer and arranger Pete Rugolo was stationed just behind the front line. Rugolo, who has die... more info

Beck to produce Philip Glass remix album

4786 days ago
Guardian MusicComposer's 75th birthday to be celebrated with compilation featuring Memory Tapes, Amon Tobin and Tyondai BraxtonSome of the world's best electronic musicians are to celebrate composer Philip Glass's 75th birthday on a new remix album.Produced by Bec... more info

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