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Philip Glass - Words without Music: Episode 3

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Episode 3

Philip Glass - Words without Music

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1960s, Paris: Philip Glass studies with acclaimed teacher of composition Nadia Boulanger.

Glass spends the mid-1960s in Paris studying with acclaimed teacher of musical composition Nadia Boulanger. Read by Kerry Shale.

Philip Glass recalls his early mentors while reconstructing the places that helped shape his artistic consciousness.

In the mid-1960s, and keen to expand his musical knowledge further, Glass went to Paris to study with the acclaimed teacher of musical composition Nadia Boulanger. While there, and working with the likes of Samuel Beckett, he developed his life-long interest in composing music for theatre.

Memoir read by Kerry Shale. 

Abridger: Laurence Wareing
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

Music details: 
Track: "Facades" 
CD: Glassworks 
Label: CBS

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.

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