Review Philip Glass From: The Scotsman | Date: April 29, 2002| Author: | Copyright 2002 The Scotsman. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

THIS was Philip Glass in the raw. No amplification, no sax and synth cushioning from the dynamic Philip Glass Ensemble, just the world's most famous minimalist alone on stage with a piano.

It centres your thoughts on the music - in this case the 1980s Mad Rush and Metamorphosis, and five of the ongoing Etudes which Glass is still adding to. In this basic form of presentation, it didn't add up to much. Simple common chords, reiterated, reshaped and re-textured on solo piano, without the wash and kick you get from instrumental or electronic enhancement, didn't do it ...

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