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Here, major works from Philip Glass’ career sit alongside music by composers of today. An early movement from his First String Quartet reveals a composer testing ideas that would later define minimalism, while the Fifth Quartet shows that language fully realised, with driving rhythms and immense emotional power.

Philip Glass at 90: Manchester Collective

Southbank Centre

Enter a hall of mirrors, where past and present forever recur.

For Philip Glass’s 90th anniversary, Manchester Collective give their unconventional take on the musical icon – by pairing him with an artist unafraid of big metal and classical sounds.

Glass stands as a towering figure not just in minimalism but contemporary culture, having collaborated with everyone from Martin Scorsese to Aphex Twin. Encounter the end and beginning of his 20th-century quartets, from early dissonance to later musical freedom and his trademark lyrical repetition.

His music is flanked by Rylan Gleave. Working across doom metal, experimental and orchestral music, he’s established himself as a fearless performer and composer. Expect haunting vocals and a dark, imaginative take on an ancient prayer, alongside a brand-new work for string quartet and voice. ‘Devotions’ by Edmund Finnis provides a shaft of light.

Vocalist

Rylan Gleave

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 31, 2027

Philip Glass at 90: Manchester Collective · Southbank Centre

Feb 5, 2027

Manchester Collective: Glass Reframed I · Royal Northern College of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Vocals in String Quartet No. 1 by Glass

Southbank Centre

Vocals in String Quartet No. 5 by Glass

Southbank Centre

Vocals in String Quartet No. 3 by Finnis

Southbank Centre

Vocal in Kyrie Eleison by Gleave

Royal Northern College of Music

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