Great Performances
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Third Coast Percussion Live in Big Sur
Grammy Award-winning percussion ensemble Third Coast Percussion performs GRAMMY® nominated pieces by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange), Philip Glass, and the world premiere of Danny Elfman’s Percussion Quartet.
In the Penal Colony
Based on a story by Franz Kafka, this Philip Glass opera is a parable for the consequences of the abuse of power and corruption.
A co-production of San Francisco based Opera Parallèle and The Days and Nights Festival.
Drowning
Drowning
Philip Glass transforms acclaimed Cuban playwright María Irene Fornés play, Drowning into a pocket opera. With a breathtaking original score, this performance was created by NYC’s prestigious team of Director JoAnne Akalaitis, Scenic and Costume Designer Kaye Voyce, and Lighting Designer Jennifer Tipton.
One of 2020's 10 Best Theater Moments - New York Magazine / Vulture
Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective
Watch Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble perform at the Days and Nights Festival in Big Sur. An evening of Glass's seminal works composed specifically for the ensemble -- the principal performers of his work since 1968--featuring Music in Similar Motion, Façades featuring Jon Gibson, Building from Einstein on the Beach, excerpts from Music in Twelve Parts, and Dance IX from In the Upper Room.
With: Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa, Dan Bora, Jon Gibson, Peter Hess, Ryan Kelly, Mick Rossi, Eleonor Sandresky, and Andrew Sterman.
Rehearsing Wichita
An intimate rehearsal as cousins Ira and Philip Glass prepare “Wichita Vortex Sutra”, the anti-war poem by Allen Ginsberg
Whistleblower
memory / surveillance / love / snowden
The intersection of privacy and dignity forced into the light.
Moving forward.
Leaving tracks in invisible digital snow.
Our footprints filled with our hopes and desires.
Laying there, pointing back at us, like accusations.
Poet Jerry Quickley’s and Philip Glass’s powerful tour de force exploring the events of 2013 after Edward Snowden leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) revealing numerous global surveillance programs. WhistleBlower examines our changing relationship with privacy and asks, “How will society's current choices regarding our vast new powers set us apart from past and future generations?”
Performed by Philip Glass, Jerry Quickley, Tara Hugo, Alex Weill, Miranda Cuckson, David Harding, Matt Haimovitz, Alex Weston, and Lavina Meijer.
Heart Strings
A unique performance of the collaborative compositions of Philip Glass and Tenzin Choegyal. This musical journey tells the story of the Dalai Lama and his people’s escape from Tibet into exile and beyond.
For this very special performance Philip Glass brings together his friends, Lavinia Meijer, Jaron Lanier, Will Calhoun, Alex Weston, including Tenzin’s brother Tsering D. Bawa to the Henry Miller Memorial Library in the woods of Big Sur.
Heart Strings "Nying Thig" means holding onto the heart wisdom of our ancestors.
Two Pianos: Philip Glass
Join two of Philip Glass‘ closest collaborators and friends, the power couple of Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies, for an intimate performance of Four Movements for Two Pianos, the US premiere of the Mishima Suite, and Stokes.
The Pattern of the Surface
One of the most influential artists of postmodern dance, Molissa has had a lasting impact in her field. Her highly crafted patterns and explosive, joyous energy infuse her work with a life force.
Join her and Christiana Axelsen, with music by composers Linda Bouchard, Tigran Mansurian, Frank Cassara, and Andrew Toovey. Music performed by Frank Cassara and David Harding.
Coming Soon
Drowning
Kafka's In the Penal Colony