Celebrate 20 years of GRAMMY-nominated Brooklyn Rider in a special commemoration honoring legendary composer and pianist Philip Glass. Presented and fully seated in Tooley’s Cafe for an up-close and intimate audience experience.
Brooklyn Rider returns for a 20th-anniversary, dual concert experience celebrating the works of Philip Glass in a first-of-its-kind program. First, enjoy a special multi-part retrospective of Philip Glass’s complete music for string quartet. Next, experience a single-concert program featuring a representative selection of Glass’s most beloved scores for the medium. A principal figure of the American minimalist movement, Glass’ works for string quartet have found inspiration from Shakespeare to Beckett. From the life of Yukio Mishima to the legend of Dracula. From Schubert to Bach. Taken as a whole, they document the unique and inimitable spirit that powerfully encapsulates our time.
With their gripping performance style and unquenchable appetite for musical adventure, Brooklyn Rider has carved a singular space in the world of string quartets over their fifteen-year history. Claiming no allegiance to either end of the historical spectrum, Brooklyn Rider most comfortably operates within the long arc of the tradition, seeking to illuminate works of the past with fresh insight while coaxing the malleable genre into the future through an inclusive programming vision, deep-rooted collaborations with a wide range of global tradition bearers, and the creation of thoughtful and relevant frames for commissioning projects.
Photo: Marco Giannavola
