Music of Constant Change
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The Leonard Lopate Show (2007, 2008)
Today’s archival interviews from 2007 and 2008 feature two appearances on The Leonard Lopate Show, and cover a wide range of topics from working with choreographers to the release o... Sep 7, 2012
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Meet the Composer with Tim Page (1985)
On this episode of Meet the Composer from 1985, Glass talks about his days as a student, and the process of breaking the mold to develop a personal sound. Sep 6, 2012
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Survival Kit with Leonard Lopate (2003) and Around New York with John Schaefer (1995)
What would Philip Glass need to survive in complete isolation? Find out on this episode of Survival Kit from 2003. The composer opens up about what recordings he would bring along, including some unexpected selections.
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Brooklyn Rider's Nicholas Cords on Breaking the 'Fourth Wall'
The music of Philip Glass will always be inextricably linked with our very understanding of how to be a string quartet. Early on in our history as Brooklyn Rider, we decided to learn ... Sep 5, 2012
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Chuck Close on Early Support for Glass from the Visual Arts Community
I met Phil in 1964 in Paris where he was studying with Nadia Boulanger and I was on a Fulbright grant to Vienna. We reunited in 1967 through the sculptor Richard Serra when we were bo... Sep 5, 2012
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Mixtapes /
Listen: Unreleased Philip Glass Mixtape
For this week's mixtape, Richard Guerin of Philip Glass's Orange Mountain Music label culls an hour of unreleased Glass, from a four-guitar arrangement of the composer's third string ... Sep 5, 2012
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New, Old and Unexpected with Tim Page (1978)
From a 1978 New, Old and Unexpected with guest Philip Glass, today's archival interview was first broadcast commemorate the radio debut of the composer's 1976 breakthrough opera, Einstein on the Beach.
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Young Glass, New Sounds
As part of Music of Constant Change, Q2 Music spotlights archival episodes of WNYC's New Sounds by streaming interviews between host John Schaefer and many of Glass's most important c... Sep 4, 2012
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Archival Interviews with Philip Glass
As part of Music of Constant Change, Q2 Music unearths diverse historic interviews with Philip Glass, collected from the 75-year-old composer's many visits to New York Public Radio.
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Kronos Quartet's David Harrington on Glass as Leader
For 30 years, the music of Philip Glass has played a large and vital role in the work of Kronos Quartet. His "Mishima" was our very first film soundtrack recording. The only concert w... Sep 4, 2012