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Prom 37: Philip Glass

From the 麻豆官网首页入口 Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert devoted to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7.

From the 麻豆官网首页入口 Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert devoted exclusively to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass. The 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Chorus are joined by violinist Gidon Kremer and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, both long-term advocates of Glass's music.

Harmonic, pulsing and with constant repetition of small figures or phrases, minimalism blossomed from a small underground movement on the west coast of the United States in the 1960s to becoming one of the most popular forms of late 20th-century music. Philip Glass, one of its early pioneers, is one of the most prolific, influential and instantly identifiable composers of our age.

This Prom showcases two of his most important works for full orchestra: his first major orchestral score - the Violin Concerto of 1987 - and the Toltec Symphony of 2004, which takes its title from the ancient pre-Columbian culture that reigned in Mesoamerica long before the coming of the Europeans.

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony)

Gidon Kremer (violin)
麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Chorus
麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor).

1 hour, 15 minutes

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Dec 2009 22:00

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