MUSIC
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 & 5, 2019
8:00 PM

The Spirit of the Earth — Philip Glass and The Spiritual Voice of the Wixárika Music
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$30-$75
https://lpr.com/lpr_events/philip-glass-spirit-of-the-earth-september-4-2019/
https://lpr.com/lpr_events/philip-glass-spirit-of-the-earth-september-5-2019/

The Wixárika of Western Mexico are perhaps the only indigenous people of Latin America to have resisted Christianization and held on to their traditional cosmogony and spiritual traditions. And, of course, they have music: voice accompanied by local variants of the violin and guitar. Here, a Wixárikan father-and-son duo play their music as arranged by Philip Glass and accompanied by him on piano. It's sold out, so watch for last-minute availability.

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