A choral work by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. The work is based upon overlapping repeating rhythmic motives, with 5 Knee Play pieces used to pu...
A choral work by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. This short interlude is the last of five Knee Play pieces used to punctuate the Opera between act...
A movement by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. This short interlude is the first of five Knee Play pieces used to punctuate the Opera between acts....
The second string quartet by Philip Glass is a lyrical, almost romantic piece with strong prominant melodies and deceptively simplistic arrangement that reflects his pioneering minimal compositions. T...
Minimalist work for Organ.
The 'Low' Symphony, composed in the spring of 1992, is based on the record 'Low' by David Bowie and Brian Eno first released in 1977. The record consisted of a number of songs and instrumentals and us...
This song for medium voice and piano was composed for Natalie Merchant was first performed with the composer at the piano at the 1997 Tibet House Benefit Concert and subsequently broadcast on the PBS...
The short opening piece from Philip Glass's masterpiece, constructed from layers of repeating musical 'cells', written for the solo Piano.
The set of parts for the Philip Glass work Facades, scored for two Flutes, two Soprano Saxophones and Strings.
This piece premiered in 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska, played by pianist Paul Barnes and the Chiara Quartet. 'Meditative...striking...touchingly played by Barnes and the quintet, 'Annunciation' is a roman...
In the past two decades years, American composer Philip Glass has become a prominent and unique figure in the international music world. Writing operas, orchestral and choral works and music for film,...
The Not-Doings of an Insomniac Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Colli...
Commissioned by the Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2008, pianists Dennis Russell Davies & Maki Namekawa premiered Philip Glass's Four Movements for Two Pianos on July 7, 2008.
Tirol: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Philip Glass was premiered at the Klanspuren Festival in Tirol, Austria and written with the support of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Tirol Tourish...
Another Look at Harmony Part 4 was written while Glass was working on Einstein on the Beach, and it is easy to hear similarities between the two works. In Harmony, the Voices use solfege and nonsense...
An opera in four acts for ensemble, chorus and soloists in full score from minimalist composer Philip Glass. It is Glass's first and longest opera, taking approximately five hours to complete, with no...
Another Look at Harmony is a project started in 1975. The approach has been to link directly rhythmic and harmonic structure. In doing so, easily audible root movement (chords or 'changes') was chosen...
Philip Glass' There Are Some Men for unaccompanied SATB choir with words by Leonard Cohen. Duration: approx. 3 minutes.
A new vocal edition by Jon Bunker of Glass' 1984 opera.
Violin Solo Music from the opera 'Einstein On The Beach' by Philip Glass, transcribed for Solo Guitar by David Leisner.
Three arrangements of piano pieces by Philip Glass for piano quintet. Reworked by Christian Badzura, recorded by V kingur Ólafsson and the Siggi String Quartet and released by Deutsche Grammophon on a...
A short solo piano work originally written for Bob Hurwitz
600 lines written for variable instruments.
Music in Similar Motion was composed for amplified ensemble in 1969. This edition represents how it is performed by The Philip Glass Ensemble, and includes parts for saxophones in B flat as well as al...
Written for the Spoleto Festival in 2006, Philip Glass' work for carillon was premiered by Joey Brink on the carillon of Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago, Philip Glass's alma mater.
The second in Glass' trilogy about men who changed the world, Satyagraha's sub-text is politics. The opera is semi-narrative in form and deals with Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa and his...
A symphonic ballet written for orchestra based on the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno. Heroes; Abdulmajid; Sense of Doubt; Sons of the Silent Age; Neuköln; V2 Schneider.
Written for orchestra.
Written for orchestra. Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, Leonard Slatkin, musical director.
Performance score for 'Piece In The Shape Of A Square' arranged for 2 Flutes. Duration 7 minutes.
String Quartet No. 3 'Mishima' arranged for the Dublin Guitar Quartet by Dave Flynn. The music orginates from the soundtrack to the 1985 film 'Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'.
Scored for Violin, Cello and Piano. Duration 3 minutes. In manuscript.
Taoist Sacred Dance is a work by Philip Glass for Flute and Piano. Dedicated to Sat Hon and the Ancient Taoist Practice Society, Inc, the work received its premiere on November 19th 2003 at Interfaith...
Facades was originally written in 1981 to accompany a scene in the cult film 'Koyaanishqatsi'. The scene, of New York's Wall Street on a Sunday morning, was eventually cut from the film, but the title...
Score and part for Flute and Piano. Commissioned by Susan Charlotte.
Four arrangements for percussion quartet from the composer's composition that draws inspiration from the Amazon waters with tones of classical, new age and jazz. Third Coast Percussion is a Grammy-win...
The Windcatcher was originally written for Flute and Piano intended for an uncompleted short film project, and was later transcribed as this Saxophone Sextet arrangement. The set of parts for 2x Sopra...
An instrumental movement by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. This short interlude is the second of five Knee Play pieces used to punctuate the Oper...
Remarkably for a work by Philip Glass, the Cello Concerto No 1, or Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, conforms broadly to the three-movement form of classic concerti, with fast-slow-fast tempi. This co...
Internationally renowned minimalist Philip Glass composed this Piano concerto in the traditional three-movement form. The first movement, titled 'The Vision' is classic Glass, with a steamroller quali...
Glassworks was originally written as a commission for CBS Records in 1981. Philip Glass' music is frequently described as minimalist, though he prefers the term theatre music. He is considered one of...
Proponents and critics alike may find the idea surprising that celebrated minimalist composer Philip Glass is an admirer and student of the Baroque literature for harpsichord. On consideration, the dr...
