Candelight Cello - Bach X Philip Glass
About This Event
Groupmuse NYC presents Candlelight Cello: a program placing music by Johann Sebastian Bach alongside works by Philip Glass. The juxtaposition highlights Bach’s contrapuntal architecture against Glass’s repetitive, process-driven structures on cello, with a lineup drawn from both composers’ distinct approaches to form and motion.
About the Artists
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach, a luminary of the Baroque era, finds his masterpieces brought to life through dance by the New York City Ballet. At the heart of Lincoln Center, his timeless compositions are reimagined in a stunning ballet series known as "All Bach.
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is an American composer and pianist whose career helped shape late-20th-century concert music, often through tightly organized repetition and slowly shifting patterns. Though frequently linked to minimalism, his output moves across forms and collaborations, including rock/pop contexts.