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Composer: Glass, Philip (b. 1937)

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Kings Place: Hall One

Sun 27 Sep at 15:00

Glass 3, Purcell, Shaw, Pärt, Zahnhausen, Mozart, Howard

© Liverpool String Quartet

Philharmonic Hall: Music Room

Mon 28 Sep at 20:00

Glass, Reich, Barber, Gershwin

Verity, Hill, Sanxis, Byrne, Verity, Liverpool String Quartet

© Neil Jarvie

Thu 1 Oct at 19:00

Hahn, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Arai

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Tao of Glass © Johan Persson

Tao of Glass: Phelim McDermott and Philip Glass play life in London’s West End

By Eleanor Knight

Zachary James, Philip Glass and Karen Kamensek with the Boston Symphony © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO

The many faces of Abraham Lincoln: Philip Glass’ new symphony premieres at Tanglewood

Kajetan Stabeusz and Martyna Wrzesińska in Reverentia by Dawid Trzensimiech © Ewa Krasucka

Rambert School/Junior Company of The Polish National Ballet: an evening of contrasts

By Graham Watts

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Until 08 Mar 23:59

Rheinberger, Glass, Reich, Maître Albert de Paris, Bach, Nystedt, Alfonso X El Sabio, Traditional, Nectaire d'Égine, Weill, Vierne

Bestion, Chalet, Devieilhe, Sîrbu, Barghouti, Lamadji, Latry, Ensemble La Tempête, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Chœur EVE - Philharmonie de Paris

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Philip Glass © Arturo Bejar

Philip Glass symphony withdrawn in protest will premiere in Tanglewood

Tom Pye with the Cinderella Palace set at the ROH Production Workshop in Thurrock, January 2023 © Andrej Uspenski

Cinderella man: Tom Pye on designing sets for Covent Garden

By Jonathan Gray

Tao of Glass at Manchester International Festival, 2019 © Tristram Kenton

Flotation tanks and absent kettles: Phelim McDermott on Tao of Glass

By Timmy Fisher

Glass, Philip

Glass, Philip

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Year of birth	1937
Nationality	United States
Period	Contemporary

Top works

Glassworks: Opening Violin Concerto no. 1 Waiting for the Barbarians Étude no. 15 Étude no. 3 See all...

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1000 Airplanes on the Roof Akhnaten Akhnaten: Funeral Akhnaten: Prelude to Act I Akhnaten: Temple Brass Sextet Closing Company, for string orchestra Concerto for saxophone quartet and orchestra Cuarteto de cuerda núm. 3 (Mishima), 1957-Award Montage Dance Dance Nos. 1-5 Dance no. 4, for solo organ Days and Nights in Rocinha Distant Figure - Passaglia for piano Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Dreaming Awake Echorus, for 2 violins and string orchestra Floe Four Movements for Two Pianos GLA55 Glassworks Glassworks: Opening Hummingbird Hydrogen Jukebox Hydrogen Jukebox: Crossing Nations Hydrogen Jukebox: Father Death B Hydrogen Jukebox: N.S.A. Dope Calypso Hydrogen Jukebox: Nagasaki Days / Everybody’s Fantasy Hydrogen Jukebox: The Green Automobile In the Upper Room Knee Play no. 3 Koyaanisqatsi: Vessels La Belle et la Bête Les Enfants terribles Mad Rush Metamorphosis Metamorphosis 2 Metamorphosis 2: Flowing Metamorphosis 4 Music in Similar Motion Music in Twelve Parts Naqoyqatsi Opening Orphée Piano Concerto no. 1, “Tirol”Piano Sonata Quatuor à cordes no. 9 « King Lear »Satyagraha: End of Act III Shoot the Moon Songs from Liquid Days Songs from Liquid Days: Freezing String Quartet no. 1 String Quartet no. 2 "Company"String Quartet no. 3, “Mishima”String Quartet no. 4 "Buczak"String Quartet no. 5 String Quartet no. 7 String Sextet Strung Out Symphony No. 4 "Heroes"Symphony no. 11 Symphony no. 15, “Lincoln”Symphony no. 3 The Light The Poet Acts Truman Sleeps Two Pages Violin Concerto no. 1 Violin Concerto no. 2 "The American Four Seasons"Waiting for the Barbarians Wunderland Águas da Amazônia Étude no. 12 Étude no. 15 Étude no. 3 Études Études: sélection