May 6, 2013
Matt Haimovitz & Cincinnati Symphony
Philip Glass, Cello Concerto No. 2 (Orange Mountain)
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Tag Archives: Philip Glass
Jewishjournal.com: Matt Haimovitz: Global yet grounded
March 20, 2013
Speaking by phone from Montreal, Israeli-born cellist Matt Haimovitz revealed that he’s a great admirer of the American singer Nina Simone. Looking at his life and career, one can easily see why. Like Simone, Haimovitz is admired for his solid classical grounding, eclecticism, improvisatory brilliance and the fact that he defies easy classification. Continue reading
WQXR: Q2 Music Album of the Week: A Second Look at Philip Glass’s Monumental ‘Naqoyqatsi’
March 11, 2013
Given that Koyaanisqatsi, Philip Glass‘s first collaboration with film director Godfrey Reggio, stands alongside Einstein on the Beach as one of those rare instances where experimental culture Continue reading
Examiner: New On Disc
April 2, 2012
Christopher O’Riley & Matt Haimovitz/Shuffle, Play, Listen (Oxingale Records) – At this point, there’s no denying that pianist/arranger Christopher O’Riley is the preeminent interpreter of contemporary rock music, Continue reading
Cincinnati.com: Haimovitz, CSO sing in haunting Glass concerto
April 1, 2012
Composer Philip Glass featured the cello in his soundtrack to the Godfrey Reggio film “Naqoyqatsi,” he said, because “we think of the cello as the instrument closest to the human voice.”
On Friday night, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and cellist Matt Haimovitz performed the world premiere of Glass’ Cello Concerto No. 2, “Naqoyqatsi,” a CSO commission based on his film score. On the podium was Dennis Russell Davies, a frequent Glass collaborator.
Haunting and deeply beautiful,
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Soapbox Cincinnati: Haimovitz premieres new Glass concerto with CSO
March 27, 2012
When renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz was 17, he hadn’t played a note written in the 20th century, he recalls. “I grew up in a very traditional classical music home.”
So this weekend, when the Julliard-trained California native premieres a Philip Glass cello concerto, he’ll continue on his genre-bending path to keep classical music “living, breathing” and Continue reading
Cincinnati.com: Glass concerto to be recorded live in Music Hall
March 22, 2012
Dennis Russell Davies returns to the CSO for Philip Glass
Philip Glass Cello Concerto No. 2, “Naquoyqatsi,” to be given its world premiere next weekend by cellist Matt Haimovitz with the Continue reading
Peninsula Reviews: Days and Nights Festival – Chamber Music by Glass, Bartók & Mendelssohn
Philip Glass
August 28, 2011
The Days and Nights Festival featuring Philip Glass and some very talented musicians is now slightly past its midpoint, yet it shows no sign of running out of steam. The Saturday afternoon presentation of chamber music led off with an early work (1983) by Glass written as incidental music to Samuel Becket’s play derived from his short story, “Company” and originally scored for string quartet or string orchestra. In the version we heard today Continue reading
Monterey County Weekly: Opening Performance of Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival
August 24, 2011
After some minutes of civilized mingling and schmoozing outside on the plaza grounds of the Hidden Valley Music Seminars, attendees of last Friday’s very first performance of the very first Philip Glass Days and Nights Festival filed into the rustic wood performance hall, nearly filling Continue reading
Peninsula Reviews: Days and Nights Festival – Second Concert Builds on Opening Night’s Success
August 22, 2011
For the second evening in the inaugural season of Philip Glass’ DAYS AND NIGHTS FESTIVAL, chamber music was again presented at Hidden Valley Music Seminars Theater, which, incidentally, Continue reading
