Philip Glass: Classic or Dud? Search and Destroy

Music in Twelve Parts this weekend in London, can't wait!

Yep. Saw it in the Czech Republic this summer, an amazing experience.

P. Glass is in the ensemble too, hope he can keep going for 4 hours

He's certainly looking a bit frail these days it's true. Seemed to manage OK the time I saw it though.

should I go see Satyagraha y/n

Beautiful music + giant puppets == yes! (Nb. I have not seen the opera.)

Saw it, was good. Still in atp recovery mode so my attention kinda wandered in places but it was p damn gorgeous. And I'm usually way more of a Reich guy by disposition but this & Einstein have really impressed me in performance. Kinda h8 the whole going to the opera experience tho

I was impressed that a musical about emancipation could ironically create an enslaved state for performers and audience members.

Four nights of Einstein in Berlin announced:

http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/aktuell/festivals/einzelveranstaltungen/einzel_programm/einzel_veranstaltungsdetail_84630.php

That's interesting, judging by their website I had assumed that the tour was winding down, it's in Paris in Jan too. I am so tempted.

'einstein on the beach' live-streaming from paris RIGHT NOW

http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/einstein-on-the-beach-au-theatre-du-chatelet-146813

Watching it but hope someone is capturing it so I can watch it at my leisure later. So good.

Holy crap!!

bizarre to watch it with quick cuts & close-ups. initially seems to go against the grain of the whole experience but the longer you watch, the deeper it sinks

hope this comes out

Oh I hope so

All I could find is a documentary - http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/preserving-a-legacy-einstein-on-the-beach

*phew*

Q - Will "Einstein" live on without you and Bob?

A - Part of the idea was to set a performance standard for the piece, and now the whole thing has been filmed -- this production. We had felt that would have to be done in order to present the piece in the future. So now, in principle, I think it can be done.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_21854639/philip-glass-talks-about-his-breakthrough-work-einstein

the stenographers have shopping bags because it's time for the supermarket

FOURTH OF JULY PLUMES.

lagging, gah

playing this in two tabs that are slightly out of sync

Some eyelashes!

i forgot about the screams in this part

Just noticed that site has a link to the full libretto.

Have basically written off my evening, Yay French arts websites

Were the transitions between scenes always this quick?

yay the dancers

these and the spaceship are my favourite parts

XP - On this tour you mean? Yes, possibly not on others

They do seem to be cracking through it at a fair old pace though, the site says durée 3'20" which is odd, when I saw it it was at least four hours long.

What's killing me is how it's the same people now who have been touring this for what, nearly 2 years? What does their head sound like when they go to bed at night, that poor kid.

It's already been on for close to 3 hours

We still have New Age Sax Terror, Radio Ga-Ga Vid and Driving Miss Daisy (on a train) to go

don't forget Dan Flavin Space Aria

Haha, currently watching Levitating Polo Mint V3.

Had to turn off, don't want "Knee 4" to leave me a wreck while at w3rk.

it's gonna be available on the site for a while, I think

OH THANK GLASS.

Dan Flavin Space Aria. Awesome.

Hai-Ting Chinn bloody rules

Yeah this is so beautiful

HERE WE GO

That organ transition gives me goosebumps

*weeps silently*

RETRANSMISSION DU SPECTACLE

stream is repeating for those who want to begin at the beginning again

says it's available until may 7th

Fuckin' A!

oh sweet

The kid keeps a blog -

http://theboyofeob.wordpress.com/

I wonder how his skateboarding skills are coming along! When I saw the NY show I kinda laughed because he seemed unsteady. I'd imagine after X amount of performances he'd be doing ollie's off the stage by now.