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Time to Get Tickets to Einstein at the Beach

In 1976, Robert Wilson and Philip Glass collaborated on an experimental opera/performance called Einstein at the Beach. My father saw it at the Metropolitan Opera and was blown away. He’d never seen anything like it before.

There were revivals in 1984 and 1992. I attended a performance of the four-hour opera at BAM in 1992 with my Dad. It was a great night out preceded by a pastrami sandwich at a deli in Manhattan and an incredible evening of music, dance and theater. We joined the audience in an uproarious standing ovation. This

This fall it returns to BAM as part of BAM’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

Einstein on the Beach, with choreography by Lucinda Child, is truly mesmerizing. Glass’s repetitious score is hypnotic and meditative, as are the tableaus created by Wilson. “A cosmic chorus of syllables, numbers, streams of consciousness, and enigmatic poems,” the work is truly one of the greats of the last century.

Try to get tickets says me.

Simone Dinnerstein to Host Concert to Benefit School in Need

By now you’re probably aware of the Neighborhood Classics series organized by acclaimed SONY classical artist,  Simone Dinnerstein, a win-win for classical and new music enthusiasts in Park Slope, as well as a worthy fundraiser for PS 321.

Well, she’s taken that idea on the road and is organizing high caliber musicians to help other NYC schools.

PS 142 Amalia Castro School on the Lower East Side is one of those schools.  Their music department was recently cut due to recent fiscal cutbacks.

Simone Dinnerstein, friends and colleagues wanted to do something about that! That’s why they organized this Sunday special concert.

On Sunday November 14 at 4:00 PM the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) will perform a concert featuring music associated with New York’s Downtown new music scene, including works by Philip Glass, Phil Kline, Sarah Kirkland Snider and Nico Muhly.

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