Philip Glass: spartiti medio

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...

This piece, featuring variable instrumentation, is part of Philip Glass's earlier experiments in minimalsism and stasis. However, unlike previous works of static repetition, this piece gradually adds...

Philip Glass was approached by timpanist Jonathan Haas to write a timpani concerto for himself nearly ten years before Glass was finally able to get down to it. The timpani concerto 'grew up' into a d...

Written for orchestra and dedicated to Dennis Russell Davies.

A work for Double Bass and Timpani by Philip Glass. Commissioned by the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA, for their production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame.

A movement by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. This short interlude is the fourth of five Knee Play pieces used to punctuate the Opera between acts...

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...

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...

Philip Glass' String Quartet No. 1 (1966)

An excellent contemporary string quartet by the innovative Philip Glass.

Orbit is a work composed by acclaimed minimalist composer Philip Glass for Solo Cello. Orbit was commissioned by Damian Woetzel and premiered on the 2nd of April 2013, in a performance by cellist Yo-Y...

Score and part for Flute and Piano. Commissioned by Susan Charlotte.

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...

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...

Along with many other great American composers drawn from all musical genres, Philip Glass was commissioned by the 1984 Olympic Committee to write a work for performance at the spectacular opening cer...

American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated, influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist, though he prefers to call...

The Light is a portrait in music of the scientists Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley and their studies of the velocity of light through their memorable experiments, which concluded at Case West...

Philip Glass has produced ten symphonies so far, the ones immediately preceding this one inspired by sources as diverse as Allen Ginsberg poetry, Aboriginal writings and Native American song. Symphony...

Einstein on the Beach was a seminal work of opera that broke all the rules, being non-linear, non-narrative, episodic, dreamlike and five hours long. A collaborative creation between Glass and theatri...

Originally written for Soprano with Clarinet and Bassoon, this version of Hebeve Song by Philip Glass features a Keyboard representation of the wind material for Voice/Keyboard performance. For use e...