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THE BROOKLYNPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (BPO) PERFORMS THE WORLDPREMIERE OF PHILIP GLASS' LOW SYMPHONY- A WORK BASED ON THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIEAND BRIAN ENO
NEWYORK PREMIERE OF GLASS' CHORALWORK ITAIPU
GLASS REFLECTIONS A BPO CONCERTRETROSPECTIVE DEDICATED TO THE WORKSOF PHILIP GLASS
NOVEMBER13 AND 14, 1992 IN THE BAMOPERA HOUSE
The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) will present a retrospective of the works of Philip Glass in a concert which will emphasize his orchestral and compostional achievements during the Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM) 10th Anniversary/1992 NEXT WAVEFestival sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. on November 13 and 14, 1992. BPO Principal Conductor Dennis Russell Davies directs the concert which will feature the world premiere of Low Symphony, a work based on music from David Bowie and Brian Eno. The program offers an opportunity to hear the music of Glass in concert, without the elaborate stage settings audiences have normally heard his music.
To add perspective to his work, the BPO is presenting his Music in Similiar Motion which contributed to defining Glass' musical minimalism and the New York premiere of his choral work Itaipu. The BPO has recorded Low Symphony, with Maestro Davies conducting, which is scheduled to be released on Point Music records in January 1993. Glass' opera, The Voyage, will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera just a month prior to this concert.
American composer Philip Glass has become a prominent and unique figure in the international music world. Writing for opera, film, theater, dance, and chorus, Glass has brought his creative vision to a diverse and ever growing audience. By 1974, Philip Glass had composed a large collection of new music, most of the music composed for his own performing group, the Philip Glass ensemble. This period culminated in Music in 12 parts, a 3-hour summation of Glass's new music, and reached their apogee in 1976 with the Philip Glass and Robert Wilson opera Einstein on the Beach, which will be seen at BAM, as part of the Next Wave Festival November 19 - 23. Einstein on the Beach is now seen as a landmark in 20th century music theater . Since Einstein, Glass' output has ranged from opera (Satyagraha, Akhnaten, The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Juniper Tree) to film (Koyaanisqatsi, Mishma, The Thin Blue Line, Powaqqatsi) to dance (A Descent Into the Maelstrom and In the Upper Room) and theater pieces such as The Photographer, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof and Hydrogen Jukebox.
In 1985, Musical America named Glass "Musician of the Year: Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten are the only other composers similiarly cited during the industry publication's 28-year history.
Previous works of Philip Glass performed at BAMinclude Satyagraha (part of the 1981 "The Next Wave: New Masters at the Brooklyn Academy of Music" series, the NEXT WAVE Festival's predecessor), The Photographer/Far From the Truth (in 1983, opening the inaugral NEXT WAVEFestival). Glass also collaborated on Wilson's the CIVIL wars: a tree is best measured when it is down, Act V, the Rome Section during the 1986 NEXT more ...
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WAVEFestival. Glass' opera, Hydrogen Jukebox, made its New York premiere during the 1991 BAMOpera season. The Program
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor, Keyboards Philip Glass, Keyboards New York Choral Society, John Daly Goodwin, Director
Philip Glass : Low Symphony (from music by David Bowie and Brian Eno) ***World Premiere*** Philip Glass: Music in Similiar Motion Philip Glass: Itaipu ***New York Premiere**
The 1992 NEXT WAVEFestival is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. This marks the tenth season that Philip Morris has supported the Festival.
The NEXT WAVEProduction Fund has been supported by: The National Endowment for the Arts; Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; The Ford Foundation; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The Rockefeller Foundation; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; The Boben Foundation; The Howard Gilman Foundation ; AT&T Foundation; Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.; The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan ; Quebec Government House; International Affairs Department of Quebec; Cultural Affairs Department of Quebec; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.; The Harkness Foundations for Dance ; The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust; The Greenwall Foundation; The William and Mary Greve Foundation; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; the BAMNEXT WAVEProducers Council; the BAMNEXT WAVEAssociates; and the Friends of BAM.
Selected international programs of the 1992 NEXT WAVEFestival are made possible, in part, by The Rockefeller Foundation.
Sponsorship of Special Events during this season's NEXT WAVEFestival is provided by: Hugo Boss Fashions; New Yorker Magazine, Inc.; and Kenneth Cole New York. BAM's audience development initiatives have been supported, in part, by a grant from Chemical Bank.
The BAMfacility is owned by the City of New York and its operation is made possible, in part, with public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from the Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council and Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden.
PERFORMANCESCHEDULE. PRICES AND INFORMATIONFOR GLASS REFLECTIONS November 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. in the BAMOpera House .
Ticket Prices: $25, 22 , 16 and 12 and may be purchased by calling TicketMaster at 212-307-4100 or at the BAMBo x Office at 30 Lafayette Avenue. For additional information please contact the BAMTicket Services Office at 718-636-4100. BAMis located at 30 Lafayette Avenue in the Fort Greene Section of Brooklyn.
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