There was a ‘wow!’ moment from The Glasshouse this week with the announcement that the Philip Glass Ensemble is performing there on September 26, on a rare UK tour. The group were founded in New York in 1968 by Glass himself, the composer who upended classical and film music in the last century with his …
Film music plays a leading role among April’s musical highlights in the North East. Royal Northern Sinfonia will be bringing the Charlie Chaplin silent classic Modern Times to noisy life at The Glasshouse on April 18, before the music of Harry Potter illuminates the vast spaces of Durham Cathedral on May 3. Looking (far) ahead, …
There’s an urban myth about a star solo violinist asked to stand-in at the last minute for an unwell colleague, who only discovers the concerto he is playing is Mendelssohn not Mozart after the lights go down and the orchestra strikes up the opening note. This is a musician’s in-joke based on the fact that, …
Rumour has it that The Glasshouse bosses were nervous nobody would turn up, having programmed an entire weekend of music by a cultish but heavy-going Austrian country boy born 200 years ago. Forget the nerves – the Big Bruckner Weekend pulled in packed houses drawn by the unique opportunity to hear the composer’s final three …
Anton Bruckner’s music has never been used to advertise after shave or motor oil or even soap. Nor has it appeared in the opening credits of a weepy movie or sci-fi spectacular. Maybe that’s the real reason for its intimidating reputation with concertgoers. The late 19th Century Austrian composer wrote nine symphonies each clocking up …
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