December 12, 2013 Philip Glass This Concerto grew from music Glass composed in 2001 for Naqoyqatsi, his third collaboration with the innovative documentary director, Godfrey Reggio. Glass had completed […]
June 19, 2013 Performed by Matt Haimovitz-Dennis Russell Davies and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Like a lot of people, I first became aware of Philip Glass’ music through his soundtrack […]
June 4, 2013 Philip Glass. Cello Concerto No.2 “Naqoyqatsi”. Matt Haimowitz–Denis Russell Davies. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Orange Mountain Music. Philip Glass makes music that mostly sounds like Philip Glass. His […]
June 3, 2010 The music for Philip Glass’ second concerto for cello and orchestra is cobbled from a 2001 film score, Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. Glass seems to have particular […]
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, […]
April 4, 2012 It’s not so often that Cincinnati, OH feels like the center of the musical world, and it’s even rarer that I get to work with several of […]
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 […]
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