The Romantic Connection
Kodály, Glass and Bruckner, reviewed by GIUSEPPE PENNISI
Philip Glass and Anton Bruckner may look like an odd couple on the billboard of a concert program centered on the two of them. The former is an American globalized minimalist still very active in the 21st century. The latter is a nineteenth century Austrian strictly Roman Catholic composer who spent most of his life between home and church in a small village. He moved to Vienna only when he was forty five and worked essentially on organ compositions and nine symphonies — the last was left unfinished; even in Vienna, his life was divided between home and church...
Copyright © 14 January 2018
Giuseppe Pennisi, Rome, Italy
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