Date/Time
Feb 25, 2015
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Location
The Vets Memorial Auditorium
One Avenue of the Arts
Providence, RI
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Tags
classical, Local, music, To do in Providence, To do in Rhode Island
A unique pairing of two artists at very different points in their careers. Highlighting their enormous generosity of spirit and featuring compositions spanning decades, the program includes works created specifically for Fain. Glass and Fain will alternate between playing solos and duets, with Glass performing on piano
The performance is part of FirstWorks’ 2015 “Artistic Icons” series, presenting artists whose work has dramatically influenced the fields of music, dance and theatre. This rare appearance in Providence pairs Glass with rising star Tim Fain, one of the few soloists for whom Glass has ever composed.
Glass, who has been described as a composer who changed “the face of music for our time and all time” by The Daily Telegraph, shot to fame in the 1970s for composing austere, reductive music with repetitive patterns. Through his operas, symphonies, compositions for his own ensemble, and his collaborations with influential artists ranging from Twyla Thorpe to Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen to David Bowie, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his time. Influencing not just the way we hear, but the way we think—Glass is both the energetic center of the New York City music scene and a world-renowned artist.
For season schedule and performance tickets visit first-works.org.