Music, Image, and Imagination: From the Minimalism of Philip Glass to the Present Day. A Lecture-Concert Featuring LiLai Nan.
A fascinating new event featuring musicologist-pianist LiLai Nan, performing and introducing works by Philip Glass and Scott Wheeler. MUSIC, IMAGE, AND IMAGINATION: From the Minimalism of Philip Glass to the Present Day. Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo della Musica (Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy); Saturday, November 7th, 2026 at 5:00 PM; free admittance. A collaboration of ICAMus with Camerata Strumentale di Prato and Scuola di Musica "G. Verdi."
LiLai Nan in a photo by Sara Zhang.
PROGRAM
PHILIP GLASS (1937)
Mad Rush
Etude for Piano Solo No. 1
Raising the Sail, from the motion picture The Truman Show
SCOTT WHEELER (1952)
From Portraits
Sunset: Portrait of Christen Frothingham
Cookie Waltz Galop: Portrait of Elizabeth Cranstoun
Sketching: Portrait of Shane Crabtree
Floating Alphabet: Portrait of Leslie Roberts
Oracle: Portrait of Kathleen Ludwig
PHILIP GLASS
Etude for Piano Solo No. 2
Etude for Piano Solo No. 6
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