The dates of the 'Einstein' revival tour are now confirmed (same link as above). I am so there, never thought I'd see this one in my lifetime. Been scouring Youtube for live footage of the original production but there doesn't seem to be any, which in a way is good. It's like the whole thing exists in some kind of dreamworld.
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
bought tickets to Zellerbach
ha ha: doors open 5:30 show starts at 6
― Milton Parker, Monday, 9 January 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
bought a ticket to the Zellerbach Saturday performance, will be flying up from LA for this one
― DWARF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (jamescobo), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
I am heading to Ann Arbor for the "preview" shows this weekend. Stoked.
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Any London PG fans with £100+ to spare, I can recommend the Einstein On The Beach production currently at the Barbican. This was a real gateway record for me as a teenager, Floyd->Tangerine Dream->Philip Glass->all sorts of weirdo shit, great to finally see it with the visuals at last.
― A++++++ would deal with again (Matt #2), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
oh man, did I never post after attending the Ann Arbor performance...
just ... wow. Just, wow. I really honestly haven't stopped thinking about it ever since. It is so much fun. It is so beautiful. One of the greatest experiences of my entire life. If you can, go, go, GO!!!!
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
shit i might need to road trip to Brooklyn or Berk to experience again, if they aren't sold out
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
here's PG afterward
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/7151276527_b55255e051_b.jpg
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
it was honestly life-changing. hasn't left me, four months on
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh that sounds great, love Einstein so much.
hey Stormy I have yr Dead LP! email - sleeve at kittymail d0t c0m
― sleeve, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
hey sleeve -- sorry for delay, i'm on it !
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
no problem man, and that concert ... jeez, so jealous! I saw a live version of "1000 Airplanes" in the 80's that was pretty good, but Einstein is one of the all time greats.
― sleeve, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
the Ann Arbor performances were billed as "dry run" or whatever, but from my space it was flawless
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, 'preview' i guess is the industry term. Still ruled from start to finish -- flawless
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
Saw this on Saturday, thought it was absolutely phenomenal - one of the best things I've ever seen. Might be worth seeing if the Barbican has returns rather than paying 100 quid for the few tickets left - we only paid 28 quid for our tickets, admittedly over a year ago.
Really changed how I think of certain parts of the opera, too - e.g. the prematurely air conditioned supermarket bit was amazing, but I've never noticed it that much on record.
― toby, Monday, 7 May 2012 07:28 (twelve years ago) link
I was there on Saturday as well, amazing experience. Thought it was a bit odd that PG and RW weren't there to take a bow at the end though, they are in London after all.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 7 May 2012 08:12 (twelve years ago) link
Was there yesterday too, seriously thinking about going again this Sunday.
― Dick Move's Wardrobe (MaresNest), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason i'm having trouble finding concrete dates/locations for this. did it already happen at Brooklyn Academy of Music? If not, when is it? Are there tickets? I really want to see this!
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wait, finally found it:
http://www.bam.org/einstein
Sep 14 & 15, 19—22, 2012 at 7pmSep 16 & 23, 2012 at 3pm
How difficult will it be to get tickets, for those in the know? Is this going to be some Kraftwerk shit where I hate myself all week again?
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
full list of tour dates here:
http://pomegranatearts.com/project-einstein/tour.html
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Crazy to think that the Berkeley dates will be an effective West Coast premiere.
― Dick Move's Wardrobe (MaresNest), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Any comments on the 10 CD "Glass Box"? Is it a good career overview or does it give long pieces short shrift?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 19 July 2012 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
Fair overview but the long pieces are truncated; which is always a crime, but especially with minimal music imho.
― Sebastian (Royal Mermaid Mover), Thursday, 19 July 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
I think I just got the last ticket to the Berkeley shows.
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, 19 July 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
super interesting thing upthread about glass organ works
I'm finally at a place where I can enjoy some glassworks & later stuff but glass is like...his early work is so convulsive & inventive & important & relentlessly focused and then suddenly he's not about phase & different conceptions of composition any more: he's a Composer for whom the singular focus of his earlier work yielded some melodic and strategic tools. still hard for me to deal with, the gulf between the Tomato records stuff and the almost pastoral, accessible stuff that came later. saw him twice back in the day, once at Dorothy Chandler and once at the Roxy, which was nuts - the early stuff he played at the Roxy, some selections from Einstein, had an effect comparable to a really loud metal band firing on all cylinders. Whereas the Glassworks stuff...is nice.
I have less against "nice" than I used to so it's cool, but it's weird to me that this real seismic shift in his strategies seems to be an asked-and-answered thing.
― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 19 July 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
I like the weird sort of New Brucknerism he's come to on things like Symphony No. 8. Yes, it's worlds away from Music in 12 or even Koyaanisqatsi but there's something about it. You can really bask in this shit.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
Glass played the Roxy? On Sunset? Wild. What year?
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
music with changing parts is one of the dopest things ever made
― duobting tuomas (m bison), Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
So when do folks suggest this shift in his strategies begins?
― matt2, Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
I see Glassworks as the turning point. (More on this later.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
I think '82 or '83? It was right after Glassworks came out. It's a tiny stage, I've played it myself; the sound in that room when they got into the Einstein stuff was fucking amazing
― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
pretty interested by this by the way. the last time I was paying any attention to Glass he hadn't written any symphonies at all, so I should really check this out.
should I take acid before I go see Einstein on the Beach? I am leaning toward yes.
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Sym 8 is def my fave so far, though I haven't heard every one of them. The first couple of them were the Bowie-Eno-derived ones.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 19 July 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
The first couple of them were the Bowie-Eno-derived ones.
see and that is sort of where my inattention to Glass since The Photographer felt justified to me. I love Bowie & Eno, think they're great, but as sources for symphonies? That feels gimmicky in the worst please-pay-attention-to-us-we're-the-classical-world way: and I say this as a guy presently doing work in that same rock-meets-elsewhere world. But I don't know - I feel like there's a certain way of doing it (Kronos on Hendrix, I fear, which I feel guilty saying, but) where it's just kinda sad.
I know I know without actually having listened to them I'm just being a grouch, but it just looked like Glass's careerism at its worst. Can't begrudge a guy trying to get the loft paid off but still.
― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 19 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Total trainspotter Philip Glass question : in the credits to Koyaaniqatsi it says something like "additional music by Michael Hoenig", who I guess is the Agitation Free / Tangerine Dream guy. So does this mean Glass didn't actually write all the score? Something like this track doean't really sound like him, for the first couple of minutes at least :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64zjJeXClw
― don't slip in mud (Matt #2), Thursday, 19 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Oh i totally agree with you, it turned me off big time. But I think he's got to a more interesting 'nothing particular to prove' zone with his symphonies now and I really dig it. Do try #8.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 19 July 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
There was a two month period in 1999 where I could listen to nothing but The Photographer
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 July 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
The Photographer is FAR and away my favorite thing he's ever done. it reminds me of Lindstrom for some reason.
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Friday, 20 July 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
In 92 I was a junior in high school and I took the photographer LP out from the library and taped it. I'd drive around town with my windows down totally blasting it. I don't love a lot of his stuff just before or since but definately have a soft spot for it.
― dan selzer, Friday, 20 July 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
Checked BAM for tickets today and can't tell if I missed them or the general tix aren't for sale yet. I know a guy touring as part of the tech crew so maybe he can help.
― dan selzer, Friday, 20 July 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
Just got tickets to Einstein on the Beach for Sat, Sept 22nd! :) Waaaaay back in the balcony, but I am so, so pumped to finally see this!
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, 13 August 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
They just went on sale about 15 minutes ago for non-BAM members:
http://www.bam.org/einsteinhttp://commerce.bam.org/tickets/production.aspx?pid=6637
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, 13 August 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
It's so great, I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Matt#2 and I were so taken with it we're going to go see it again in Holland next year.
― Ginger at the Gates of Dawn (MaresNest), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going wed night. Balcony.
― dan selzer, Monday, 13 August 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
My seats are pretty fucking terrible for the small fortune that i'm paying for them
― Fareed Zaireeka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 13 August 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
When i was considering whether or not I would last the full 5 hours (or my ass would) I tweeted Alex Ross to ask when would be a good time to bail for 5 mins (he had been tweeting about how great it was) he suggested somewhere in the middle of Night Train.
― Ginger at the Gates of Dawn (MaresNest), Monday, 13 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
Philip Glass is coming to the Seattle area in October, but he's not performing Einstein On The Beach. Instead it's PG and Foday Musa Suso performing music from a soundtrack to “Powaqatsi” -- $65 *shrug*
― van smack, Monday, 13 August 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'd seen a handful of Glass-composed pieces performed here and there over the years, but seeing Glass w/ his band play for two solid hours outside near Battery Park earlier this summer was probably the most spellbinding thing I've seen this year. Wanted to run up to all the players and give them a big ol hug just for the physical / mental endurance it must take to pull off a lot of these pieces. To watch a performance of Act III from The Photographer, especially the vocal section, is just ... ugh.
― ❀ the cult of ➥upside➥wingspan➥personal growth gurus➥FA charlatans (CompuPost), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOU0koRXNcU
― dan selzer, Sunday, 2 September 2012 07:54 (eleven years ago) link