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Earth songs: Stravinsky and John Luther Adams at the Philadelphia Orchestra

By Cameron Kelsall, 30 March 2023

Personnel changes plague the world premiere of Vespers of a Blessed Earth, which sounds an urgent musical alarm on the harms of climate changes.

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**111

Philadelphia

31 Mar 2023

Earth songs: Stravinsky and John Luther Adams in Philadelphia

By Cameron Kelsall

Philadelphia

Philip Glass and David Byrne's Knee Plays, reconsidered and reworked in Philadelphia

By Kurt Gottschalk, 21 February 2020

The Knee Plays was an unusual selection to kick off a Philip Glass celebration, but the engaging production spoke to a time and associations in the composer's career.

*****

*****

Philadelphia

23 Feb 2020

Philip Glass and David Byrne's Knee Plays

By Kurt Gottschalk

New York City

Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere kick off New York Phil’s “New York Stories” series

By Kurt Gottschalk, 24 January 2019

The New York Philharmonic premieres Julia Wolfe’s remembrance of the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and plays an elegy to LBJ and an Aaron Copland jazz concerto.

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****1

New York City

26 Jan 2019

Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere

By Kurt Gottschalk

New York City

The Fifth Century as a window to eternity: Gavin Bryars in New York

By Sacha Evans, 16 June 2016

The reprise of The Fifth Century marks the beginning of an extended partnership between Bryars and the Crossing.

***11

***11

New York City

18 Jun 2016

The Fifth Century as a window to eternity

By Sacha Evans