Giveaway: Phillip Glass Performs "Book of Longing" [Song Cycle Based on Leonard Cohen's Poetry]
Saturday, February 21
Bass Concert Hall (510 E. 23rd Street)
8pm, $22-49.50 (discounts for UT faculty and staff)
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The UT Performing Arts Center will host a remarkable performance this Saturday evening that encompasses the work of two major figures in the arts; Leonard Cohen, the multi-talented poet, musician and illustrator, and Phillip Glass, one of those rare figures in experimental and minimalist composition whose work has been celebrated and influential both in the mainstream and avant-garde.
Cohen and Glass had been plotting a collaboration for years (Glass has previously worked with a variety of talents from Laurie Anderson to Natalie Merchant), but it wasn't until 2007 that Book of Longing, a song-cycle Glass composed based on Cohen's poetry, finally saw the light of day.
The performance on Saturday, which will include Glass playing keyboards, will also feature four singers, a band, and a multimedia presentation that includes Cohen's artwork.
Click through the jump for a chance to win (front row) tickets!
