Written for orchestra. Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, Leonard Slatkin, musical director.
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...
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.