Philip Glass

[liszt1022]

so I'm currently playing "Mad Rush" and loving it. Has anyone else heard it/played it?
also, how about his Etudes? are they any good?

[Bob]

I'm interested in Glass.  How much piano music has he written?

Liszt1022, how are you handling the page turns?

[aajjmb]

i herd philip glass play that piece.... or maybe it was something else.... everything saounds the same ...... not to rant but philip glass has go to be the worst composer ever...at the concert i went to more than half of the audience stood up and walked out!  Lol i don't want to sound too harsh here but i have to warn anybody that is consiering buying tickets!

[Bob]

Does anyone know specifically about the patterns he uses?  Something a laymusician could understand? 

I know he uses or has used Indian rhythms, but I haven't had anyone explain exactly what that is in his music.

I like the hypnotic feel, the simple repetition, notes and chord progressions.  It's like one moment stretched out.  Music you don't have to hit 'repeat' on the cd player.

I would be interested in finding out what the underlying patterns are though.

[liszt1022]

i herd philip glass play that piece.... or maybe it was something else.... everything saounds the same ...... not to rant but philip glass has go to be the worst composer ever...at the concert i went to more than half of the audience stood up and walked out!  Lol i don't want to sound too harsh here but i have to warn anybody that is consiering buying tickets!

Well, this isn't actually music I'd consider performing. It's meditation for the performer and music to relax to/read by for the listener. but I think it's great.

[liszt1022]

I'm interested in Glass.  How much piano music has he written?

Liszt1022, how are you handling the page turns?

There's a CD out of him playing solo piano music, called "Solo Piano." it has pieces called "Metamorphosis"  (#s 1-5) after the Kafka story, a piece called Wichita Vortex Sutra, after a poem of that name, and my favorite (which is also the longest) Mad Rush, written for an American appearance of the Dalai Lama.

then there's a CD of his etudes, which I haven't heard, and some other things of his have been arranged for piano.


"Mad Rush" is 19 pages long with many repeats, but to be honest, I didn't know it existed until yesterday, and I've since played it through from memory.

[klavierkonzerte]

i like his violin concerto and some of his quartets.