Thursday, September 21, 2017

'When You Gonna Get a Real Job?': Philip Glass and Devonté Hynes Compare Notes

Watch a video with Philip Glass and Dev Hynes (of Blood Orange) and chill out to the quiet sounds of Morton Feldman.
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'When You Gonna Get A Real Job?': Philip Glass And Devonté Hynes Compare Notes

Watch the two musicians, nearly 50 years apart in age, talk about the pains of striking out on your own, the pulse of New York, and the role of the artist today. Plus about a hundred other ideas.
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'We Shall Not Be Moved': A New Opera Traces The Legacy Of The 1985 MOVE Bombing

The opera, presented by Opera Philadelphia with the Apollo Theater, had its world premiere Sept. 16. It revisits the house at the center of the bombing and its impact on Philadelphia's youth today.

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Turn It Down: Morton Feldman's Silent Revolution

If you've never heard For Bunita Marcus, pianist Marc-André Hamelin predicts it'll be either the most aggravating thing you've ever heard, or the best migraine medicine you've ever had.

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Opera Star Kiri Te Kanawa Has Retired

Although she already hasn't sung publicly in nearly a year, the 73-year-old lyric soprano from New Zealand told the BBC Wednesday morning: "That's it."

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Aloft In Translation: The Myriad Sides Of Bill Murray

Backed by a classical trio, the beloved actor and comedian belts out Bernstein and Gershwin and recites American poetry and prose.

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