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Article: Glass presents mystery in NSO-tribute 'Toltec'.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(MUSIC)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2005
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Byline: Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Philip Glass' much-vaunted world premiere of his "Symphony No. 7: A Toltec Symphony" Thursday at the Kennedy Center came with one bewildering side note. Nearly all of its third movement was a rehash of "Powaqqatsi," his fabulous 1988 movie score.
Granted, some of the orchestration had been refined over a 16-year period, but the music was unmistakably drawn from the "New Cities in Ancient Lands" part of that work.
It is a mystery why Mr. Glass, a prolific, talented composer who made minimalism an art form, needed to borrow from one of his earlier compositions for a piece that was a 60th birthday tribute ...