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Topic: GlassWorks: The Works of Philip GlassPosted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: GlassWorks: The Works of Philip Glass
Date Posted: October 07 2019 at 10:15
My all-time favourite classical composer is Philip Glass and this thread is intended as a celebration of his magnificent works, starting with "The Light" (1987) from Symphony No. 4, "Heroes"
Replies: Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: October 07 2019 at 10:33
I posted a thread titled " http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=116446&KW=qatsi&PID=5602531#5602531" rel="nofollow - The Qatsi trilogy " a year ago. Unfortunately, it didn't get any replies.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 07 2019 at 11:17
I prophesy disaster wrote:
I posted a thread titled " http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=116446&KW=qatsi&PID=5602531#5602531" rel="nofollow - The Qatsi trilogy " a year ago. Unfortunately, it didn't get any replies.
I love "The Qatsi trilogy"! It's good to know there's another Philip Glass fan here on ProgArchives. Here's the entire "Koyaanisqatsi" suite in six parts:-
Part I: Koyaanisqatsi
Part II: Vessels
Part III: Cloudscape
Part IV: Pruit Igoe
Part V: The Grid
Part VI: Prophecies
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 27 2019 at 09:34
PHILIP GLASS - Glassworks (1981)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 08:05
The Photographer (1983)
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 07:36
He was the headline at the Columbia (MD) Arts festival several years back where my wife and I saw him play. His minimalist style was mesmerizing. The music seemed repetitious at first, but after you fell into his hypnotic spell, you could detect a second running melody made by subtle alteration of the repeating pattern. I've probably seen hundreds of artists in concert, but none had the captivating effect he did. Genius.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 07:56
wiz_d_kidd wrote:
He was the headline at the Columbia (MD) Arts festival several years back where my wife and I saw him play. His minimalist style was mesmerizing. The music seemed repetitious at first, but after you fell into his hypnotic spell, you could detect a second running melody made by subtle alteration of the repeating pattern. I've probably seen hundreds of artists in concert, but none had the captivating effect he did. Genius.
Philip Glass' early albums from the 1970's sound very repetitious, but I love his mesmerising soundtrack albums and complete symphonies. I'll post some more of his soundtracks later on this thread if they're still available on YouTube. Three of my particular favourites are:- The Hours; The Illusionist; & Notes on a Scandal, all of which I've seen several times on DVD.
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 08:08
A link to the film itself that Glass did the music for....which is a must see film imho.
I need to get that soundtrack......which could have been in the recent thread on soundtracks.
If only someone could make the Orange Goblin in office watch the film with his eyes taped open like the dude in Clockwork Orange.
I'd love to have posted the nine-part Koyaanisqatsi movie here, but Parts 3 & 4 were missing on YouTube due to copyright issues.
I have the DVD of the movie as well as the soundtrack CD. But to get the full benefit, you need to see it on the big screen, preferably with some psychotropics.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 12 2020 at 13:27
The two follow-up DVD's in the "Qatsi" trilogy are very good too:- Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002).
I had to check the spelling on those two films.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 03:25
Songs from Liquid Days (1986)
Akhnaten (1987) - The Opera
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 08:19
DancePieces (1987)
Dance Nos. 1-5 (1988)
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 08:39
I do like Glass, I saw him at Big Ears Festival in '16 as a duo with Laurie Anderson. I say a live performance of Koyaanisqatsi in Boston last year with the movie running behind the musicians. To be honest I found it too disturbing to stay for the whole show and left after about an hour. It was extremely powerful.
I do like both the Glassworks and Koyaanisqatsi as albums.
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 09:50
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
I do like Glass, I saw him at Big Ears Festival in '16 as a duo with Laurie Anderson. I say a live performance of Koyaanisqatsi in Boston last year with the movie running behind the musicians. To be honest I found it too disturbing to stay for the whole show and left after about an hour. It was extremely powerful.
I do like both the Glassworks and Koyaanisqatsi as albums.
Koyaanisqatsi is probably the soundtrack album Philip Glass is best-known for, although "Koyaanisqatsi" is not exactly a word you hear every day. I think it's from the native American Indian language.
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 12:12
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
The two follow-up DVD's in the "Qatsi" trilogy are very good too:- Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002).
I had to check the spelling on those two films.
I have the DVD as well as the soundtrack CD of both these films. However, I haven't seen Naqoyqatsi on the big screen.
I also have the DVD of Baraka, a film similar to the Qatsi trilogy, but the music on that film wasn't by Philip Glass.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 12:29
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Koyaanisqatsi is probably the soundtrack album Philip Glass is best-known for, although "Koyaanisqatsi" is not exactly a word you hear every day. I think it's from the native American Indian language.
Koyaanisqatsi is definitely the best-known film of the trilogy. It has even been referenced by The Simpsons at least twice to my knowledge... once even by name, as an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 12:29
Sometimes it seems like Google can read my mind:- I just typed the single letter "n" into the Google search engine and the first entry that came up before I'd even entered the second letter was "Naqoyqatsi" - full movie. Unbelievable!
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 13:01
My favourite piece of music from Koyaanisqatsi is Pruit Igoe:
However, the visually most spectacular part of the movie occurs during The Grid. The Grid works quite well with the accompanying visuals, but as a stand-alone piece, it tends to be too repetitious.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 13:35
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Sometimes it seems like Google can read my mind:- I just typed the single letter "n" into the Google search engine and the first entry that came up before I'd even entered the second letter was "Naqoyqatsi" - full movie. Unbelievable!
Google is not reading your mind, its tracking your every keystroke.
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 14:08
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Sometimes it seems like Google can read my mind:- I just typed the single letter "n" into the Google search engine and the first entry that came up before I'd even entered the second letter was "Naqoyqatsi" - full movie. Unbelievable!
Google is not reading your mind, its tracking your every keystroke.
Either way, it's still very impressive how Google seemingly knows what you're going to type into the search bar.
1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1989)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 14 2020 at 00:34
Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar - Passages (1990)
1. Offering
2. Sadhanipa
3. Channels and Winds
4. Ragas in Minor Scale
5. Meetings Along the Edge
6. Prashanti
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 14 2020 at 06:22
Itaipu (1989)
Anima Mundi (1992)
Aguas da Amazonia (1999)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 15 2020 at 01:20
Symphony No. 1: "Low" Symphony (1992) - based on David Bowie's "Low" album.
Symphony No. 2 (1993)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 15 2020 at 14:57
Symphony No. 3 (1995) - Part I
Symphony No. 3 (1995) - Part II
Symphony No. 3 (1995) - Part III
Symphony No. 3 (1995) - Part IV
Symphony No. 4: "Heroes" Symphony (1996)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 02:41
The Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass (1995)
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 08:26
I love this one.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 08:34
Wow! Philip Glass played on the harp! That's amazing! It sounds like the theme from The Hours.
By the way, I like Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine too.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 08:56
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Wow! Philip Glass played on the harp! That's amazing! It sounds like the theme from The Hours.
By the way, I like Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine too.
Thank you, glad you like it! I think it's incredible (I play the harp, so I know how hard this is, despite it's being minimalist). Good to know re PBS, too. Wonderful artist.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 09:17
Snicolette wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Wow! Philip Glass played on the harp! That's amazing! It sounds like the theme from The Hours.
By the way, I like Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine too.
Thank you, glad you like it! I think it's incredible (I play the harp, so I know how hard this is, despite it's being minimalist). Good to know re PBS, too. Wonderful artist.
I've listened to all ten of Tom Rapp & Pearls Before Swine's albums and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. It's sad to hear Tom Rapp is no longer with us, although his wonderful music will live on forever in our hearts.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 10:26
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Snicolette wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Wow! Philip Glass played on the harp! That's amazing! It sounds like the theme from The Hours.
By the way, I like Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine too.
Thank you, glad you like it! I think it's incredible (I play the harp, so I know how hard this is, despite it's being minimalist). Good to know re PBS, too. Wonderful artist.
I've listened to all ten of Tom Rapp & Pearls Before Swine's albums and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. It's sad to hear Tom Rapp is no longer with us, although his wonderful music will live on forever in our hearts.
Do you have the A Journal of the Plague Year recording? Well worth seeking out.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 10:51
^ Unfortunately, I don't have any Tom Rapp & Pearls Before Swine albums in my CD collection, but I listened to them all on YouTube several years ago.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 10:57
Here is a YT link to the one I was speaking of, I'll just post the link, as this topic is about Philip Glass, instead of using the film paste app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTYHEfgWC0&t=8s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTYHEfgWC0&t=8s
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 11:07
Snicolette wrote:
Here is a YT link to the one I was speaking of, I'll just post the link, as this topic is about Philip Glass, instead of using the film paste app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTYHEfgWC0&t=8s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTYHEfgWC0&t=8s
Thanks for the link. It's good to know the full album is on YouTube.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 11:20
You're very welcome! Sad that he is gone, but glad he left us so much great music. I actually had correspondence with him and his wife, very sweet people.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 17 2020 at 02:32
Symphony No. 5 (1999)
Movement I: Before the Creation
Movement II: Creation of the Cosmos
Movement III: Creation of Sentient Beings
Movement IV: Creation of Human Beings
Movement V: Joy & Love
Movement VI: Evil & Ignorance
Movement VII: Suffering
Movement VIII: Compassion
Movement IX: Death
Movement X: Judgement & Apocalypse
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: July 17 2020 at 19:43
Glassworks is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Really beautiful pieces. The rest of his work is also good but doesn't measure up to it.
------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 18 2020 at 00:16
It's Philip Glass' soundtrack albums that really stand out for me.....
The Hours (2002)
Metamorphosis (2006)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 19 2020 at 05:58
Symphony No. 7: Toltec (2005)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 01:40
Symphony No. 10 (2011)
Symphony No. 11 (2017)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 04:04
Lavinia Meijer in another mesmerising performance on the harp strings, playing the theme from The Hours.
Metamorphosis Two
Metamorphosis Four
Koyaanisqatsi
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 07:54
Funny, I was looking up other videos of her yesterday, she plays so beautifully. I'm really glad she is being enjoyed here.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 07:58
Snicolette wrote:
Funny, I was looking up other videos of her yesterday, she plays so beautifully. I'm really glad she is being enjoyed here.
Thanks Nicolette. I never would have discovered the beautiful harp playing of Lavinia Meijer if you hadn't pointed me in the right direction. I'll see if I can find any more of her Philip Glass performances to post here. This thread will hopefully help to introduce her wonderful music to a wider audience.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 08:17
Yes, I think she'd shown up after I'd been listening to another harpist, she has a YT channel, which I've now subscribed to. Always happy to bring good music to the fore.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 16:26
Snicolette wrote:
Yes, I think she'd shown up after I'd been listening to another harpist, she has a YT channel, which I've now subscribed to. Always happy to bring good music to the fore.
It's incredible how Lavinia Meijer manages to play the bass, rhythm and melody on the harp all at the same time. I've never heard the harp played quite like that before. She's amazing!
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 16:32
She's very accomplished and so serene when she plays. Which is how the best performers are, you don't realize how hard what they are doing is, unless you play as well.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 17:10
Snicolette wrote:
She's very accomplished and so serene when she plays. Which is how the best performers are, you don't realize how hard what they are doing is, unless you play as well.
Yes, in the same way as Eric Clapton makes playing the guitar look easy, it's only when you pick up an electric guitar for the first time that you realise just how hard it is to play. I might learn to play chords on the guitar one day, but at the moment, I'm still learning to play single notes.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 17:53
You also gain an incredible appreciation of those that are so gifted, once you begin to learn. Even if you never will play Carnegie Hall, doesn't matter, it's a good practice and great brain exercise.
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 18:11
Snicolette wrote:
You also gain an incredible appreciation of those that are so gifted, once you begin to learn. Even if you never will play Carnegie Hall, doesn't matter, it's a good practice and great brain exercise.
I'm learning to play guitar steadily: I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order, as someone once said.
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 19:23
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 21 2020 at 05:41
I simply can't get enough of Lavinia Meijer.
Opening (from GlassWorks) 1981
Etude No. 12
Metamorphosis 2
Metamorphosis 3
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 24 2022 at 03:25
Philip Glass Symphonies
1992: Symphony No. 1: The Low Symphony (David Bowie & Brian Eno) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nByePxsnt87h23CAwPoKuDzj1Gp6X0n-o" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nByePxsnt87h23CAwPoKuDzj1Gp6X0n-o
1988: The Thin Blue Line - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7OWKzYqD3XuBuMcjLb5U6ndawRquA90g" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7OWKzYqD3XuBuMcjLb5U6ndawRquA90g
2006: The Illusionist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeKSg8RoHzzkRguc62MOj4-WDOh9kcGR" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeKSg8RoHzzkRguc62MOj4-WDOh9kcGR
2006: Notes on a Scandal - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nXaqIyKhFzgmGln-xisMFQQtBnkCVTKA0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nXaqIyKhFzgmGln-xisMFQQtBnkCVTKA0
2007: Les Animeux Amouraux - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYDP1cn10U" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYDP1cn10U
2010: Nosso Lar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMEI3rvHzPk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMEI3rvHzPk
2015: The Fantastic Four (with Marco Beltrami) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW80bBvVD3Ws_zMW0dGgvtlptJ1SQjBy" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW80bBvVD3Ws_zMW0dGgvtlptJ1SQjBy
2017: Jane - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW80bBvVD3Uwnp8I4HAZqZdm_OH4MiDF" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW80bBvVD3Uwnp8I4HAZqZdm_OH4MiDF
2020: Tales from the Loop (with Paul Leonard Morgan) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5HqW8tCAh-93OuHad2xS6bogpAootXz0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5HqW8tCAh-93OuHad2xS6bogpAootXz0
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 08:28
A Window on the World of Philip Glass (selected works, excluding concertos, operas, soundtracks & symphonies)
1990: Passages (with Ravi Shankar) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ODkIhKL2fY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ODkIhKL2fY
1992: Music from the Screens (with Foday Musa Suso) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZiPdo41b-2DvPAVRqHK9EQS8tk27g6iO" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZiPdo41b-2DvPAVRqHK9EQS8tk27g6iO
1995: The Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_xhO02Ikw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_xhO02Ikw
1999: Aguas de Amazonia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL5-zVfg5WfQSCPAqygzLfesuYQNg8few" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL5-zVfg5WfQSCPAqygzLfesuYQNg8few
2002: A Descent into the Maelstrom - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJ52kYbtaJO5vhbqT1149M0FcqFOT2dH0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJ52kYbtaJO5vhbqT1149M0FcqFOT2dH0