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Philip Glass: I'm drawn to Kafka's darkness

5187 days ago
The TelegraphPhilip Glass talks to Ivan Hewett about his decision to compose an opera based on one of the author's terrifying tales. more info

Les Enfants Terribles | Opera review

5206 days ago
Guardian MusicArcola, LondonIn the 1990s, Philip Glass composed a trilogy of music-theatre pieces based on films by Jean Cocteau. His remarkable reworking of La Belle et la BĂȘte was brought to London by the composer's own ensemble soon after the premiere, while t... more info

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar collaborations to be reissued

5213 days ago
Guardian MusicLimited-edition box set featuring late Beatle planned for Indian sitar master's 90th birthdayLong out of print, a collection of George Harrison's work with Ravi Shankar will be reissued this October, in honour of Shankar's 90th birthday. The limited-... more info

Review: Cabrillo Festival wraps up with Philip Glass's Cello Concerto and other delights

5214 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaSunday at Mission San Juan Bautista, Wendy Sutter performed the piece, which in its best moments suggests the balance, logic and all-knowing essential-Ness of J.S. Bach. more info

Matteo Pericoli and his drawings of New York City | Art

5230 days ago
Guardian MusicMatteo Pericoli found fame with his 22ft fold-out drawing of Manhattan's skyline. His new book shows the city through the windows of New York's artists and writers, from Annie Leibovitz to Philip Glass, David Byrne to Nora Ephron, with their thoughts... more info

Dracula | Classical/Film review

5235 days ago
Guardian MusicHackney Empire, London"No, it wasn't scary at all," the girl said as she chatted to her friend on her mobile. "The old horror films are so funny." Much of the packed house at Hackney Empire thought the same of Tod Browning's 1931 movie Dracula, scree... more info

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni | Classical review

5251 days ago
Guardian MusicTheatre Royal Stratford East, London; Royal Festival Hall, London; Glyndebourne Opera House, East SussexYou don't need to be a theoretical physicist to go to the opera but it helps. Black holes, big bangs, general relativity and gravitational collaps... more info

Icarus at the Edge of Time | Classical review

5255 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonAs well as being a leading theoretical physicist, Brian Greene is an ardent scientific populariser, with a number of best-selling books to his name including the children's book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, published two ye... more info

LPO/Murphy | Classical review

5257 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonCultural cross-fertilisation between India and the west existed long before 1966, when George Harrison visited Ravi Shankar in Varanasi and long before Shankar himself first visited Paris as a teenager while touring with hi... more info

Yannis from Foals meets Phillip Glass

5270 days ago
DrownedInSoundYannis from Foals sat down for an email chat with legendary composer Phillip Glass Yannis: How do you feel about the technological advances in the dissemination of music? Do you see it as having a detrimental effect in people's appreciation and at... more info

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