Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonMarin Alsop's latest concert with the London Philharmonic prefaced Górecki's Third Symphony with UK premieres of works by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Philip Glass. Turnage's Texan Tenebrae draws its material from Anna Nicol... more info

The Telegraph — The London Philharmonic offered a rare treat with new works by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Philip Glass. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — LCD Soundsystem, On tourIf ever a group toyed with the idea of built-in obsolescence, it was LCD Soundsystem. Eight years ago, their great debut single, Losing My Edge, described the torments of a hipster who could see his hipness waning. Now having ... more info

Mercury News, California — This year marks Cabrillo's 48th season and its 19th under the direction of conductor Marin Alsop, who has done a lot to make what's contemporary 'cool.' Thirteen composers '” including John Adams, Philip Glass and Jennifer Higdon, who this week won... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Signal at LPR New music ensemble Signal will visit (Le) Poisson Rouge on Sunday, April 11th for two performances of Philip Glass's 1981 album Glassworks (its NY live premiere) along with Glass's "Music in Similar Motion" and... more info

Pitchfork — -- Brian Eno serves as guest artistic director for the Brighton Festival, which will come to the English seaside town May 1-23. Eno will also perform and give lectures. The festival's lineup also includes the Books, Philip Glass Ensemble, Karl Hyde o... more info

Guardian Music — Ballet Nacional De Cuba: Magia De La Danza, LondonThe Cuban's second Coliseum programme is shamelessly designed to show off the depth of talent across the company ranks. Magia De La Danza brings together extracts from seven of their most enduring wor... more info

Nialler9 — Dublin Guitar Quartet will be performing a special once-off Philip Glass – The Quartets concert in St. Ann’s Church, Dawson’s Street on the 17th of April. They will be performing their own transcriptions of the legendary composer Philip Glass... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Tim Kiernan; Above: The xx Last year, at the first Big Ears music festival in Knoxville, Tenn., Jon Hassell headlined the opening Friday night at the Bijou Theatre, then the event's largest venue. Despite two balconies and the twin overhead... more info

Guardian Music — Influenced by a mix of Rachmaninoff and Daft Punk, Bright Eyes and Beethoven, these 11 classically-trained musicians could have sounded messy — and sometimes they do. But it's an intriguing messHometown: New York.The lineup: Emanuel Ayvas (lea... more info