An Evening of Chamber Music

Featuring
Philip Glass, Wendy Sutter, and Mick Rossi

Philip Glass is one of the world’s most popular living composers, acclaimed for his stunning soundtracks and ground-breaking operas. In this concert, there is an intense focus on Glass himself, as a pianist and composer.

The Guardian wrote “Glass’s restrained but haunting playing really is a joy”, and the concert features excerpts from his great solo piano cycles Metamorphosis and Etudes. He is joined by Wendy Sutter on cello and percussionist Mick Rossi to play music from Glassworks and Naqoyqatsi, the final film in the legendary Godfrey Reggio trilogy that began with Koyaanisqatsi. Forming the centrepiece is the recent critically acclaimed Songs and Poems for Solo Cello performed by Sutter.

“Songs and Poems is a miraculous and moving set of Bach-inspired solo suites for our day … The music of Philip Glass successfully bypasses the brain. It’s so deeply marinaded and self-digested that, in performance, it works directly on the nerves and senses. That, no doubt, is why the Barbican Hall was sold out.” THE LONDON TIMES