The original video clips of Glass's and Reed's speeches were not of the best quality, but amateur artist Jean Thevenin produced a more sophisticated short film documenting the scene. The music is from Glass's song "Protest," which plays during the second act of the opera (and is strikingly similar to his score from The Hours).
Friday, December 9, 2011
Glass, Reed, and Occupy
Last week composer Philip Glass and rock legend Lou Reed (see another post on him here) made an appearance at an Occupy protest in front of the Lincoln Center Plaza, where Glass's opera Satyagraha was being performed. The opera is based loosely on the life of Gandhi, and its title refers to his concept of civil disobedience in times of social injustice.
The original video clips of Glass's and Reed's speeches were not of the best quality, but amateur artist Jean Thevenin produced a more sophisticated short film documenting the scene. The music is from Glass's song "Protest," which plays during the second act of the opera (and is strikingly similar to his score from The Hours).
The original video clips of Glass's and Reed's speeches were not of the best quality, but amateur artist Jean Thevenin produced a more sophisticated short film documenting the scene. The music is from Glass's song "Protest," which plays during the second act of the opera (and is strikingly similar to his score from The Hours).
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