Arts & Entertainment SF Reviews: Philip Glass's American Seasons Philip Glass tackled the challenge of re-inventing Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons in an American way with his violin concerto No. 2, "American seasons," presented last night at Herbst Theater by SF Performances with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Philip Glass Ensemble's Lisa Bielawa Philip Glass's Music in Twelve Parts has never been performed live in SF, despite its iconic status as one of the milestones of contemporary music. We find it strange, considering the embracing welcome
Arts & Entertainment Son of the Return of John Adams. We made much about Philip Glass turning 70, and not of a single peep when John Adams turned 60 this past February. Aw. We feel bad, since the contemporary composer lives in Berkeley,
Arts & Entertainment Anesthesia: Brain Numbing with Non-Sense Take tonight. There’s a cool concert at Herbst Theater, presented by Other Minds, an organization devoted to new music: Dennis Russell Davies and his partner, Maki Namekawa, playing music for two pianos
Arts & Entertainment Appomattox The most powerful moments are written for the chorus: the aforementioned opening women choir, for instance. But Glass also recycles We’re tenting tonight, a song of the era, to intense dramatic effect.
Arts & Entertainment Pre-Appomattox Interview: Christopher Hampton, We were eager to talk to Christopher, as he is the librettist for Philip Glass's opera Appomattox, which opens next Friday at the San Francisco Opera, and is the Big Event of the
Arts & Entertainment Our Glass Runneth Over As a prelude to the big event, the world premiere of Appomattox next Friday at the opera house, composer Philip Glass was hosting a night of chamber music at Herbst Theater last night.
Arts & Entertainment An Army of Philistines We got word that 27,000 people made a reservation to attend this Friday's Opera at the Ballpark. 27,000! And there are still tickets left! Tonight is the last day to see
Arts & Entertainment Philip Glass Is Coming, An Interview With Cellist Wendy Sutter By David Famiano Happy Belated Birthday, Mr. Glass! It’s an exciting time in San Francisco. All the burners are back from you know where feeling either pissed off or bummed out. All
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond asks why's everything got to be a public/private thing around here. Also, they hate the new Don Fisher museum. A poignant letter about the failures
Arts & Entertainment Win A Copy Of <i>Healing The Divide</i>, With The Kronos Quartet And Tom Waits More giveaways! San Francisco's own Kronos Quartet has a new album out, of their acclaimed September 2003 live performance with Tom Waits of four of Waits's songs, for the Concert for Peace and
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: Win Tickets to <i>The Old Weird America</i>! This one's for a Saturday screening (6:15 p.m. at the Kabuki) of , an uplifting music performance documentary featuring performances by Elvis Costello, Beck, Beth Orton, Sonic Youth, and Philip Glass (and
Arts & Entertainment The Philistine Salivates on the Opera's Next Season. Gockley had made changes, some good like moving the subtitles back to the top; some great like the live videocast on the civic center plaza; some so-so, like the redesign of the visual
Arts & Entertainment Hotsy-Qatsi Is it wrong that when we saw the movie Koyaanisqatsi, about not despoiling the earth, we left the theater thinking, "wow, San Francisco would be a great city to live in!" Well, San
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: the 2006-07 Season Gone is the modern -- tacky, screamed the purists -- feel from the brochures and the web site: Glamour is back, with the "emphasis placed on the singers," said Gockley. The Opera unveiled
misc SFist Raves: Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle Put a brimful of Asha on your iPod ride! The Asha Bhosle who's name-checked by the Brit band Cornershop and is renown as the voice of Bollywood, has released a CD with San
Arts & Entertainment Get It On /Bang A Can Philip Glass is the ensemble music crowd's bad a**, as he’s collaborated with popular artists such as David Byrne and adapted works by Brian Eno and David Bowie. He's scored films as
Arts & Entertainment Sing Like an Egyptian So what are you doing this weekend? SFist is going to catch the Oakland Opera's performance of "Akhnaten" with The Standing Room. Philip Glass writes the minimalist music that drove you crazy in
