Icarus at the Edge of Time | Classical review

Royal 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 years ago. But Greene always envisaged that Icarus could become a work for the concert hall, too; "a Peter and the Wolf for the 21st century" as he puts it. Philip Glass has composed the score, film-makers Al+Al have created the visuals and the result ...

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