(EN)FOCO #2: Philip Glass
New Assistant Conductor of the RFG
Kebyart, saxophone quartet
- Philip Glass: Company
- Philip Glass: Concerto Grosso (Spanish premiere)
- Philip Glass: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
FRI 13 FEB (€15 or €21 with snack and drink)
Auditorio de Galicia, 8:30 p.m.
Philip Glass enjoys a rare level of acclaim during his lifetime thanks to music that prioritizes direct communication with audiences. Trained in the United States and Paris, he blends Eastern influences and jazz into his aesthetic. His style is unmistakable for its melodic simplicity, repetition, and engagement with urban music—especially that of New York.
Company is the string arrangement of his String Quartet No. 2, defined by a steadily growing dramatic intensity and a constant rhythmic pulse, like a mantra.
Concerto Grosso, composed in 1992, was commissioned by Beethoven’s hometown. His spiritual presence is felt throughout the piece, with each movement conceived for a different orchestral family.
Three years later, Glass composed the Concerto for Saxophone Quartet, a lyrical work that distills his trademark simplicity with masterful clarity.
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(EN)FOCO #2: Philip Glass
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Festivals
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The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful military garments similar to those of that time, but they also include purely carnivalesque adornments, which the horses also wear.
The natural region of a Ulla features an original rural carnival, whose record goes back to the mid-19th century.
The parish of Angrois in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 14 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
On the afternoon of February 15, the parish of O Eixo in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance, which involves a stagin where different characters take part.
