performed by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (commissioner of the work) under Dennis Russel Davies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkgQxdUt7ns second, third and fourth movements (cover photo by John Price) Here we are today with Glass’s first symphonic work to appear on the blog, the … Continue reading Glass Symphony no. 3
performed by Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ou6Xnit5XQ&t=14s Philip Glass’s first piano concerto isn’t (usually) referred to as piano concerto no. 1. Instead, it’s given the above name, the Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. It was … Continue reading Glass: Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
performed (and premiered) by Maria Bachmann and Jon Klibonoff, second movement below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEcFBVjhLTw The last work in our little series of pieces for the violin is a very recent work, having only been premiered in 2009. The piece was written specifically for Bachmann, … Continue reading Glass Sonata for Violin and Piano
performed by Gidon Kremer and the Vienna Philharmonic under Christoph von Dohnanyi, or below by Karen Gomyo and the Hague Residentie Orchestra under Brad Lubman “I wrote the piece in 1987 thinking, let me write a piece that my father … Continue reading Glass Violin Concerto no. 1
Fugue for Thought 