Moody, evocative and gossamer light French Canadian, Jean-Michel Blais, writes compostions for a winter evening in. He is described by some as a post-classical composer and during his recent concert at National Sawdust, he explained how he liked to take previously inaccessible modernist works that seemed to be deliberately obtuse and ‘hard’ for the listener, …
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Philip Glass Etudes at BAM
In a rare moment of high culture interaction I want to see Philip Glass ‘Etudes’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was performed by 10 different pianists including Glass himself. A minimal set consisted of a piano and ten piano stools each placed at the back of the stage under a simple backdrop consisting …