Sun, May 21
|Third Angle New Music
Third Angle New Music – Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
In a once-in-a-lifetime event, 3A performs composer Philip Glass’s one-act sci-fi melodrama beneath the towering Spruce Goose’s tail, commemorating the 75th anniversary of its lone 26-second flight.
Time & Location
May 21, 2023, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
Third Angle New Music, 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR 97128, USA
Guests
About the Event
In a once-in-a-lifetime event, 3A performs composer Philip Glass’s one-act sci-fi melodrama beneath the towering Spruce Goose’s tail, commemorating the 75th anniversary of its lone 26-second flight. Click here to learn more
Set in NYC, the sole character, "M,” recalls encounters with extraterrestrial life forms. Are the surrealistic visions haunting him an accurate recollection of an abduction, part of a drug-induced nightmare, or the beginning of a mental breakdown? M mirrors builder Howard Hughes’s own mental battles at this nexus of the fragile mind and sky.