GlassWorks: The Works of Philip Glass
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Topic: GlassWorks: The Works of Philip Glass
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: GlassWorks: The Works of Philip Glass
Date Posted: October 07 2019 at 10:15
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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" |
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: October 07 2019 at 10:33
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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
 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 |
I prophesy disaster wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 27 2019 at 09:34
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PHILIP GLASS - Glassworks (1981) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 08:05
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The Photographer (1983) |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 07:36
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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
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.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 08:08
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A link to the film itself that Glass did the music for....which is a must see film imho. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi 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.  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 09:35
I'd love to have posted the nine-part Koyaanisqatsi movie here, but Parts 3 & 4 were missing on YouTube due to copyright issues.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 12 2020 at 12:05
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Two Philip Glass soundtracks with a far eastern theme..... Mishima (1985) Kundun (1997) |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 12 2020 at 12:30
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
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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.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 03:25
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Songs from Liquid Days (1986) Akhnaten (1987) - The Opera |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 08:19
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DancePieces (1987) Dance Nos. 1-5 (1988) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 08:39
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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 https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 09:50
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.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 12:12
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
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! 
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 13:01
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My favourite piece of music from Koyaanisqatsi is Pruit Igoe:
------------- 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
Google is not reading your mind, its tracking your every keystroke. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 14:08
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)
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 14 2020 at 00:34
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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
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Itaipu (1989) Aguas da Amazonia (1999) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 15 2020 at 01:20
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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
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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
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The Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass (1995) |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 08:26
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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
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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.
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 08:56
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 09:17
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.
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 10:26
------------- "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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Symphony No. 7: Toltec (2005) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 01:40
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Symphony No. 10 (2011) Symphony No. 11 (2017) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 04:04
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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
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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
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.
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 08:17
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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
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!
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 16:32
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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
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.
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 17:53
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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 1994: Symphony No. 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YF1Q20aexE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YF1Q20aexE 1995: Symphony No. 3: 1st Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdcF74lK9NE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdcF74lK9NE 2nd Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvW2Vnnxr00" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvW2Vnnxr00 3rd Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WsBCF_u-nU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WsBCF_u-nU 4th Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZffS3ESKCk8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZffS3ESKCk8  1996: Symphony No. 4: Heroes Symphony (David Bowie & Brian Eno - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mEPzPS0i-k2UYmxv8MMOfMUrvxu1Lhoqw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mEPzPS0i-k2UYmxv8MMOfMUrvxu1Lhoqw  1999: Symphony No. 5: Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAtMrTLhAXyLCy93M92EVplIntns2ssW0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAtMrTLhAXyLCy93M92EVplIntns2ssW0 2002: Symphony No. 6: Plutonian Ode - (playlist currently unavailable) 2005: Symphony No. 7: Toltec - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpPd61T9GYY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpPd61T9GYY 2005: Symphony No. 8 - (playlist currently unavailable) 2011: Symphony No. 9 - (playlist currently unavailable) 2012: Symphony No. 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1IxxGHOaQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1IxxGHOaQ 2017: Symphony No. 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_uBDujLAE&t=953s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_uBDujLAE&t=953s 2019: Symphony No. 12: Lodger Symphony (David Bowie & Brian Eno) - (playlist currently unavailable) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 25 2022 at 07:59
Philip Glass Soundtracks 1977: North Star - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcn3uIA6tSB-o_cZnS0fULZsshopip0vg" rel="nofollow - 1982: Koyaanisqatsi - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDCT4_Ky0CAnSs7AexWupMqE4qQRsnc7s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDCT4_Ky0CAnSs7AexWupMqE4qQRsnc7s 1985: Mishima - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVsXCA2i0ehA2apAx7f0UOUa-crQ7SzGs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVsXCA2i0ehA2apAx7f0UOUa-crQ7SzGs  1988: The Thin Blue Line - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7OWKzYqD3XuBuMcjLb5U6ndawRquA90g" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7OWKzYqD3XuBuMcjLb5U6ndawRquA90g 1988: Powaqqatsi - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0A62B9591F2544A2" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0A62B9591F2544A2 1992: Anima Mundi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZP4mZHv9Q" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZP4mZHv9Q 1992: Candyman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_NI5x_gcE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_NI5x_gcE 1995: Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh3-icSKvfhk8Dz1M4lx9jzEI0WDpsZ4E" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh3-icSKvfhk8Dz1M4lx9jzEI0WDpsZ4E 1997: Kundun - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJ6H4LG75cT87rVnohGvdtICnjcTSq1PY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJ6H4LG75cT87rVnohGvdtICnjcTSq1PY 1998: The Truman Show (with Burkhard Gallwitz) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEHfihy3uBWKeP75YrTnApzp" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ_DwnwLPFEHfihy3uBWKeP75YrTnApzp 1998: Dracula - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaTZS2A2dOC-hPD7KXoyp1vVgP2UOp0gh" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaTZS2A2dOC-hPD7KXoyp1vVgP2UOp0gh 2002: The Hours - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kHZlmwya9f8H-MW5eWzWXOp6kV24IqUg8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kHZlmwya9f8H-MW5eWzWXOp6kV24IqUg8 2002: Naqoyqatsi - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9674CF671F33C9C" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9674CF671F33C9C 2004: Secret Window (with Geoff Zanelli) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A2FF7997B4FE860" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A2FF7997B4FE860 2004: Taking Lives - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaTQJpYev9lQ6wQvD4tRjvjb" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaTQJpYev9lQ6wQvD4tRjvjb 2005: Neverwas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGnunjwRoJo1e-ec8Wzg6oKl3Bu-SBOc1" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGnunjwRoJo1e-ec8Wzg6oKl3Bu-SBOc1 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 2013: Visitors - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfk4_4c8X4XKb2bnN8vWmRZYMXZ9YIDzV" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfk4_4c8X4XKb2bnN8vWmRZYMXZ9YIDzV 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
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A Window on the World of Philip Glass (selected works, excluding concertos, operas, soundtracks & symphonies) 1981: Glassworks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Stu7h7Qup8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Stu7h7Qup8 1983: The Photographer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCkt9VvkY0&t=6s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCkt9VvkY0&t=6s 1986: Songs from Liquid Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc 1987: Dancepieces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqFj81bpok" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqFj81bpok 1988: Dance Nos. 1-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-XYxZupKCw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-XYxZupKCw 1989: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnIk3z5BCRk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnIk3z5BCRk 1989: Itaipu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNsVwBv_jcw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNsVwBv_jcw 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 2005: Orion (no playlist available) 2006: Metamorphosis - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nA3IdlA784hUSw2_oFg0vDYvAhUreSKG8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nA3IdlA784hUSw2_oFg0vDYvAhUreSKG8 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 03 2024 at 12:27
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1986: Philip Glass & Linda Ronstadt - Songs from Liquid Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 03 2024 at 12:42
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1986: Philip Glass & Linda Ronstadt - Songs from Liquid Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 06 2024 at 11:47
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 01. 1970: Philip Glass - Music in Eight Parts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4_BUCQFKVk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4_BUCQFKVk Music in Eight Parts, performed remotely by individual members of the Philip Glass Ensemble in isolation at home. Yes, you've guessed it. We're back in 2020 - the year the world went mad.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2024 at 07:06
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 02. 1971: Philip Glass - Music with Changing Parts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uy_Ag7ETA4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uy_Ag7ETA4 Music with Changing Parts, all of which sound the same. Don't worry, the good stuff is yet to come. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 12 2024 at 06:55
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 03. 1973: Philip Glass - Music in Similar Motion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTtoW1Edgo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTtoW1Edgo Music in Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6bMvj-yFFs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6bMvj-yFFs Music in Similar Motion to the two albums that preceded it and the two albums that came after it.  Quite honestly, you'd be better off fast-forwarding to 1981 when the Philip Glass story really begins with GlassWorks, unless you fancy sitting through the 3-hour opera that comes before that. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 13 2024 at 02:57
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 04. 1975: Philip Glass - Music in Contrary Motion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZlsM1LXQs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZlsM1LXQs Two Pages - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoI2UWBXb4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoI2UWBXb4 Music in Contrary Motion that's hard to play and even harder to listen to. Strangely, I'm finding the offbeat music of Gentle Giant to be quite listenable after all.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 13:00
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 05. 1976: Philip Glass - Music in 12 Parts (Part I) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rMuwBA8xMw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rMuwBA8xMw (Part II) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZT2rUDfuWE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZT2rUDfuWE Music in 12 Parts, all of which are indistinguishable from each other and in a musical score which appears far more interesting written down in musical notation than it does to actually listen to. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 00:21
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 06. 1976: Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (opera) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIB1Za0mJ0vRmIbL6gv9IonJ2fawvmEKI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIB1Za0mJ0vRmIbL6gv9IonJ2fawvmEKI A washed-up three-hour opera, back in the days when a Philip Glass opera was not something to be enjoyed, but something to be endured. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 06:39
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 07. 1977: Philip Glass - North Star (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcn3uIA6tSB-o_cZnS0fULZsshopip0vg" rel="nofollow - Philip Glass - North Star Mike Oldfield - North Star (a far more interesting version) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 18 2024 at 06:00
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 08. 1979: Philip Glass - Satyagraha (opera) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKq64tL0GeME0p_J-6t32FD1iVrrBsCYa" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKq64tL0GeME0p_J-6t32FD1iVrrBsCYa Don't be put off by the unpronounceable name. This Philip Glass opera is actually quite good. It's not exactly earth-shattering, or even Glass-shattering, but it is a big improvement over Einstein on the Beach. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 19 2024 at 01:18
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 09. 1981: Philip Glass - Glassworks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Stu7h7Qup8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Stu7h7Qup8 The breakthrough commercially-appealing album which shattered any preconceptions about the music of Philip Glass. GlassWorks was aimed at a wider audience which was reflected in it being the best-selling Glass album to date. No more incomprehensible three-hour operas or music in twelve interminable parts - at least for the time-being anyhow. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 02:05
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 10. 1982: Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDCT4_Ky0CAnSs7AexWupMqE4qQRsnc7s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDCT4_Ky0CAnSs7AexWupMqE4qQRsnc7s Translating as "Life Out of Balance", Koyaanisqatsi is a soundtrack album that predicts a gloomy dystopian future for mankind. No, it's not another Roger Waters album, but the first (and best-known) of the "qatsi" trilogy. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 04:49
I like the sound of breaking glass 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 05:47
Philip Glass should've made an album with David Bowie. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 21 2024 at 01:29
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 11. 1983: Philip Glass - The Photographer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCkt9VvkY0&t=6s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCkt9VvkY0&t=6s A chamber opera based on the life of 19th Century English photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who relocated to the American West and pioneered the use of moving photographic images - which we now call cinema. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 03:01
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 12. 1983: Philip Glass - Akhnaten (opera) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgZD-wYM2ETQtXCBMtFMGM32DY22jLohM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgZD-wYM2ETQtXCBMtFMGM32DY22jLohM The culmination of a trilogy of biographical operas - following on from Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha - Akhnaten is a three-act opera telling the story of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) who was said to have untold riches, just like the phony pharaoh Mohammed al Fayed, who owns Harrods. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 25 2024 at 05:58
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 13. 1983: Philip Glass - The Civil WarS (opera) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOpPe1J9AA34BPJm5Cs6g_MajufBjkwbp" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOpPe1J9AA34BPJm5Cs6g_MajufBjkwbp Civil wars can often be the most uncivil, bitterly fought wars of all, just like The War of the Roses between Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.. We should thank our lucky stars then that this vast epic, five-act opera - centered around the American Civil War - has never been performed live in its entirety, which would surely test the endurance of the most ardent of opera lovers. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 26 2024 at 07:29
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 14. 1985: Philip Glass - Mishima (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVsXCA2i0ehA2apAx7f0UOUa-crQ7SzGs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVsXCA2i0ehA2apAx7f0UOUa-crQ7SzGs Konichiwa. We're taking a banzai-charge through the life story of frustrated writer Yukio Mishima who fancies himself as a weekend warrior in the samurai tradition, although if he wanted the ultimate challenge, he could try his luck as a contestant on the crazy Japanese game-show Endurance. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 28 2024 at 03:54
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 15. 1986: Philip Glass - Songs from Liquid Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EK1-t-sIpc Philip Glass reflected on what songs would sound like if the worlds of pop and opera collided. Well, the time for reflection is over because they're gonna sound like..... This! Songs from Liquid Days features Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson and Linda Ronstadt!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 29 2024 at 10:05
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Glass Construction: The Complete Works of Philip Glass 16. 1987: Philip Glass - Dancepieces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqFj81bpok" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqFj81bpok In the immortal words of Daryl Hall & John Oates, I Can't Dance to That, No Can Do (But I know a ballet company who can). https://emojipedia.org/man-dancing" rel="nofollow -
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