The Kronos Quartet gave another of its typically absorbing concerts Saturday night at Irvine Barclay Theatre. All of the music had been specifically written or arranged for the group. The piece de ...

Sixty-four minutes of Philip Glass’s repeating arpeggios and circling harmonic patterns, scored for the monochrome sound of the string quartet, might seem a recipe for aural purgatory. In fact this CD ...

String Quartet No. 5: Movement I. String Quartet No. 5: Movement II. String Quartet No. 5: Movement III. String Quartet No. 5: Movement IV. String Quartet No. 5 ...

Taking on the music of Philip Glass — who may well be the most popular and best-known composer working today — might not seem like a risk for the string quartet known as Brooklyn Rider. After all, ...

The music of Philip Glass has always been a strong selling point for The Dublin Guitar Quartet. After all, the players' enterprising arrangements received the blessing of the composer himself. And the ...

“Glass’s music is like a teacher of string quartet,” Cords said. “It’s an organic thing. The pieces are written so it comes together as a whole and doesn’t sound like a collection of instruments. And ...

I wasn’t nervous. I was worried about the sound and lighting booth people, and the electrical situation. I think the right thing was done, of course. In preparing for the pieces I am writing about Mr.

Eleanor Wachtel talks with American composer Philip Glass, and to violinist and founder of the Kronos Quartet, David Harrington.The Kronos Quartet just turned 40, and celebrated the milestone in ...

It's amazing how satisfying Philip Glass' string quartet music sounds on four guitars. The interlocking parts are transparent and the music seems... Dublin Guitar Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert Don't ask ...

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas is changing. Not the strip, a symphony of ersatz that only knows how to become more so. Along with a phony Paris or sham Sphinx, the city has a fairly recent faux Frank Gehry ...