on Sunday (17 October), the fam went together to the last day of the Minimalist Festival in Glasgow. there was a production on of Icarus at the Edge of Time, which is a re-telling of the myth of Icarus, set in the future, with Icarus flying around the event horizon of a black hole. the book is written by Brian Greene.
already sounds pretty cool, right?
the presentation of this production consisted of: a large movie screen, projecting a silent visual (filmic) interpretation of the story; a full orchestra (the brilliant Glasgow Chamber Orchestra); and Billy Boyd, who was responsible for reading the story.
this is Billy Boyd:
but you'll remember him like this:
one of the reasons i'm so stoked to write about this experience is that Lilah can say now, for the rest of her life, that her first experience of an orchestra was to listen to the mesmerizing minimalist music (!!!) of Philip Glass.
if the performance comes to your area, i highly recommend attending.
even if you don't have a kid.
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