Fantastic experience. I was in the Grand Palais in Paris this evening with about 800 or so other people, sitting on the concrete floor, between the slabs of Richard Serra's Promenade.
Philip Glass played a piano which was slightly elevetated in the center of the crowd for nearly 2 hours - 4 different pieces - including Mad Rush (1979); Etude pour Piano; and the closing bit of Glassworks (1981). My favorite was Mad Rush - which you can see him performing performed on this 1980s' video. It's dark and passionate, and quite short, which makes it all the much more intense. You can listen to other recorded extracts on Glass' webpage.
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