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LONGREADS: Philip Glass' Speech from Dance Magazine Awards
As it turns out, Philip Glass's speech at the Dance Magazine Awards 2013 wasn't as improvised as his score to Harry Smith's Early Abstractions at the Film-Makers' Cooperative Benefit back in September. And the following LONGREADS from the world's most famous minimalist composer is certainly more candid than the one he added his imprimatur to for the Minnesota Orchestra's plight a monthly earlier. Q&A: Metropolitan GM Peter Gelb Dishes Stats on Live Opera Broadcasts
"I think there were a lot of people who expected us to fall on our face with this program." -- Peter Gelb
