philip glass: the hours

[donQfons]

Klasse - klingt wie Davide Martello

[mgtuga]

this melody could be called "The Melody of Time",

so hard to describe the feelings of those who listen to such great demonstration of coordination between concentration and mental hability to sustain the pressure that comes out of this song..

renders anyone spechless!

[MrSpilknot]

in a test to see the effects of music on intelligence he made rats stupid enough to the point that they starved to death before finding out how to navigate a maze. while mozart on the other hand made the rats smart enough to beat the control group. mozarts rats navigated the maze twice as fast as the control group

[philglassfan]

@MrSpilknot

That's because Mozart's music is crappy enough for rats to understand- Glass's is at a far higher level. Mozart is garbage!

[mysterious493]

@philglassfan As for you, Mozart was a fucking genius, and so is Mr. Glass in his own granted right. They took on completely different aesthetics; neither is at a higher level than the other.

[mysterious493]

@MrSpilknot Please keep all this bullshit about what music is scientifically proven to be beneficial off this thread. Music is music and needs no other supplementation other than itself...

[menevetsny]

When I play Glass's pieces, I find lose my place frequently when reading if I don't pay extra attention, the measures look the same. If I approached it similar to this pianist's interpretation, I think it would help.

The Hours was basically a 2 hour ad for anti-depressants, yet strangely, I enjoyed it and found it compelling. I can never hear this piece without thinking of Woolf walking into the river with stones in pockets.

Glass's The Hours and Etudes are his most melodic piano pieces.

[masterpatricZeta3]

i am a nooby and i can play his songs are very easy and not complicated, ostenatto and then repeats over and over again.

[Icantthinkaboutit]

Love

[MultiKarola24]

her version is more to my liking than the original score! love it!

[kuhataparunks]

@PowerRedBull Perfectly explained, thank you! :) his music is of the most distinct though it's hard to explain but it's just so noticeable!

[kuhataparunks]

My city's symphony played some music written by Glass. I heard so many reprimand that he's a "minimalist" thus he has no talent. I do agree with them, but I still KNOW that if something is written by him, it's him. I still love Glass's music a lot!!

[sertacaksakal]

cant stop listening... inspiration...

[PowerRedBull]

I find that too many talk too the repetition part in his music, while really *alot* music is really repetative. Just because this shows teh core of the music mostly, being the chords, it shows more obvious. But really in *alot* music there is so much chord repetition.

However, what I think the beauty in this type of music is, lies in the progressions of the chords. He uses very touching progressions. *that* is the key why this music speaks so much to the emotion, and not the repetative part

[Hudeization]

@PowerRedBull if you listen closely is much less repetetive than one might think.

[jason64086]

Not typically the type of music I listen to but I have to say this absolutely beautiful!

[candelabralime]

Personally, I would hesitate to use the epithet "genius" for Glass, if we are also to apply it to the likes of Mozart and Verdi.

[SimonOrinu]

Wish I could hear this whilst being with you. You are amazing person. I truly love you.

[100davidport]

@SimonOrinu ah bless

[Gradyahk]

Lieve A,

Omdat ik zoveel van je hou.

Omdat ik zoveel van je hou.

Omdat ik zoveel van je hou.

Ik hou van jou.

[Sisa9999]

Amazing

[BillyBobKumar]

The genius of this score is that it runs through four different time periods in the film, from the 1920s through the 2000s and manages to be current for each one: Why are so many of missing the point? The director loved being able to do his flashbacks and flashforwards without having to change music. I am in awe of Glass' accomplishment and yes, he should have won the Oscar for this.

[pillowsinmypants]

*trying to act smart on youtube*

[ManicoAlmond]

This song was originally titled "Idiocy Filter" and can be readily seen why as you read a few of the doltish comments herein.

[anataria]

One reason to explain is that Europeans and Americans may find this song, this kind of repetition boring, because the western music is formed in a kind of melodic and complexity that is related to society and entertainment (which is also good).

But Glass once studied in India, and he discovered a kind of Eastern rhythms and repetition (come and visit Asia, 'most' traditional pieces here are played repeatedly). it's about spiritual satisfaction, not exact an entertainment.

Hope this explains.

[candelabralime]

How clever is this? Perhaps not very, but the sort of melodic narrative of a Beethoven reflects a vision of the world of narrative, while this mirrors more the non-narrative of ripples on a pond, endless, going nowhere and everywhere...and there is cacophany but he takes the mind to a place of stillness too.

[kindeyes46]

più ti ascolto più mi piaci.....!! bravissima .....geniale lui!!!!...grazie..per la cura dell'anima nostra....!

[Brackhmmarr]

so repetitive... so predictable and annoying sorry.



[TheMangulicaStajl]

same as time - "The hours"

sorry.

[Suitecake]

@Brackhmmarr Philip Glass is all about repetition. I can certainly understand why it isn't for everyone. I, for one, find it beautiful.

One way to think about it is that all music depends on both the affirmation and negation of expectations. If you negate the expectation too often, the piece sounds chaotic. If you affirm the expectation too often, the piece sounds bland and boring.

Glass' music still contains negations, but they are subtle.

[BrettBorovic]

Rules and regulations are for lemmings; who cares if something has a traditional 'melody' or not, and since when does being difficult to play make something good? Variety is the spice of the short time we're here. Music is the best.

[HomicidalHeidi]

brilliant

[miamigreyhound]

it's beastly

[joebstarsurfer]

Thats good ).

[flame10240]

I want to cry, that's how much I love this !!

[JessLovelyTranwreck]

it sounds like a little kid practicing his arpeggios

[JosephHuntington]

Ahh, the rare fruits of freedom...we're so lucky to be human beings on the earth at the same time as Philip Glass. Add Chardonnay and life is good.

[FactoryG12]

...........just feelings

[Darkrose40]

<3333333333333333333

[hommie4112]

This is so heartbreakingly beautiful.

[matitus20]

i can listen to this again and again...fucking brilliant.

Like.

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Etc.

[kolumb21]

<3

[Vitalfitness4u]

stage set, and you set the plot.

[Vitalfitness4u]

Is this just all chords? One after the other being played in a fancy way..? A nice melody would do wonders over these chords.. But, that being said, hearing chords without melody has a particular effect when imagining or showing scenes of a movie without sound. Having no melody and only chords allows the mind to think of things with your own imagination because there is no melody that leads you. Melody guides you like a story. The chords are the setting. When hearing chords only, you have the s

[franklywright]

god dammit. this is worse than popular music

[murta27]

Super!!!!!!!!



[doobeedoobeedooo]

3:49 REMIX!!!

[krisguinelae]

is "the hours" the title of this song?

[SrNutritivo]

@krisguinelae Yes... but this comes from a soundtrack, and the sountrack version is performed by an orchestra and a piano. It's really wonderful, but I like very much this Branka Parlic performance, mucho more than the soundtrack version. I think this composition really shines for solo piano.

[krisguinelae]

@SrNutritivo Thank you. And I agree. I recent discovered there was a soundtrack-version and found it painfully underwelming compared to this one.

[Hudeization]

@krisguinelae its the title of the piece in the soundtrack, this is an arrangement for piano solo of this piece (also the movie itself is called "the hours")

[gregoriodavila]

Why is everyone being such jerks on here?

[sepules4]

Thumbs up if your listening to this while studying/working..!

[fr1edweezy]

@sepules4 Must you call attention to yourself with insignificant comments? Please grow up and realize that getting "up thumbed" for a comment on a youtube video is not something you can put on your resume. At least you have good taste in music( I assume, since you are listening to Glass)

[franklywright]

@sepules4 of course you would say that. you can't listen to rite of spring while studying, now can you?

[DarkFacet]

@sepules4 of course otherwise i wouldnt be able to understand stuff like quantum chemistry...

[JosephHuntington]

This is not music. Music is felt. This has become a part of me. What is it?

[JloForeverr]

This has inspired me. Simply beautiful .

[SeaGlory19111]

Beautiful !

[TheWonkyth]

Heh, when I first started fiddling with making my own tunes, this was the kind of stuff I made! :D

[fraojfljtlnbsd]

@TheWonkyth A bit of a downgrading statement don't you think. You would write stuff like this when you were just 'fiddling'. What do you make now!??

[fraojfljtlnbsd]

@fraojfljtlnbsd Admittedly it is a bit cumbersome.

[LanfeustDeGlinin]

@TheWonkyth this is exactly what I thought... :)

[xellos1919]

What the fuck is going on at 5:08 ?

[SeparatedApollo]

does anyone have the sheets to this?

[JosephHuntington]

The grand piano was invented for this song alone.

[SailorGeos]

me encanta la posicion de sus dedos cuando toca.

[beguemot2666]

en 1966 jonh Doyle, un estudiante de Medicina de segundo año de Michigan se subió a un avión. Puede que esto no sea un hecho decisivo en la historia, pero a Jonh Doyle nunca le importó demasiado la historia. Cuando llegó a Londres tomó el primer autobus que llevaba a Essex y se bajó en la plaza Kessington. Una mujer le indicó el camino que llevaba al rio. Jonh llevaba un cuaderno donde anotaba sus idas y venidas, y una melodía que llevaba escrita en su cabeza y no podía encontrar.

[gguuyy22]

AMAZING !!!!

Wish to know how to play the piano. :(

[Bubblefinno14]

61 people can't hear Amazing music

[MsMysticworld]

The intro, sounds like INOJ's Time After Time. The RNB version.

[RidleyE]

3783 sane people liked the video and 60 assholes disliked it. 0 people really give a damn

[matilderealms]

60 people don't know what music is

[batura1]

this is a revolution in music i think

[altareggo]

@batura1 Um... no. Its a part of the history of 20th century music, to be sure: when music history books are written from this time onward, Glass will be first and foremost in the discussion of "minimalist" (ironically enough, a classification Glass himself disagrees with) music.... but this is not the shape of music for the future: simply a few shiny new threads and/or colors in the ever-growing tapestry which is the "Western tradition" of music, going into its 4th millenium.

[franklywright]

@batura1 then is popular music a revolution, because that's all that this is. its just cheesy chords rolled to together with zero melody

[3333rue]

I don't really "like" this. I "love" it. I don't even think love can express how I feel towards this piece

[michaelsviews]

59 people have no understanding of true beauty and emotion.

[BeautifulMawMusic]

@mosower "A slippery slope that is"-yoda

[Kakica84]

Branka, Nime više strah.

[JEANVIPERE]

Magnifique! Glass est un compositeur étonnant : c'est toujours la même chose et pourtant surprenant à la fois...

[embergypsy]

Playing in a church or place of worship is generally preferred due to the improvement of sound and the ability for it to resonate due to the higher, vaulted ceilings. Any time I have have seen Phillip Glass play has been in a building with high, vaulted ceilings so we, as the listeners, get the most we can out of his playing.

[ThinkingChristian29]

if you love this piece, you might like my latest composition. Search "Ballade of the stars" and click first video. I hope it moves you in some way

[Whylen94]

Merci Philip Glass pour ces moments de rêveries si parfaits, si intenses! C'est tout simplement ... sublime!

[SOOLTV]

This is actually an amazing song. The entire score is mindblowing to be honest.

[wagl10]

Maravilhoso piano. Que bom a visita desse mestre ao país. Ouço e admiro desde Akhnaton.

[originallyloaded]

this is why im taking piano this year as an elective!

[JoshuaCuthbert]

thumbs up if my friend sent you here.

[lifeextract]

I think the 59 dislikes was probably comparing this to the original piece which is much better in my opinion. Nevertheless, Branka did pretty well.

[ProtiliusDOTcom]

I’m really curious where the 59 dislikes came from... Probably ABBA fans that got lost on the way... That, or the 59 composers they shut down to score this film, lol. Probably both:)

[CocaineHabbit]

"the hours" is one of the greatest film scored ever composed; was absolutely divine.

[StrivetobeDust]

I wish a DVD of this full performance were available.

[placardetruit]

This is so beautiful how can you dislike it?

[loothlorien]

A M A Z I N G !!!! I cant express my feelings seeing it, it's really perfect !

[JonnyChannel]

56 people that disliked this masterpiece ..

I have 1 word for them:

Ignorant.

[ashleyartus]

I love this piece,whoever played it for the movie has more feeling and more drama than this player.

[GamedFreak]

Anybody is reminded of Fringe? These two are different but similar.

[Dieter0000]

where can i buy the score of this performance? i found something on the internet but it's a much simplier versoin.

[MatrixBear]

@Dieter0000 I've downloaded the complete soundtrack from jdownloader, you just have to find the link.

[CHimpiNZ]

beautiful!

and played with so much passion!

[TheStopmasina]

Sa snagom i milošću.

[LoudProudandFemme]

Captivating, fascinating, and exquisite. Thanks for posting.

[SwingLeaf]

Dude, I wish I could play like this D:

[Dachtewitz]

JUST GREAT !!!

[miakolo07]

beautiful beautiful

[forthewin252]

:o



[EBGrubert]

How how how can you dislike this..... the world is a wierd place....

[ashleyartus]

Genius.x



[TheBalthu]

Is it just me, or does Philip look a lot like a woman?

[dayboo39]

@ashleyartus in fact the physical appearance of all people who are termed geniuses are very interesting [to me]. i do believe that all [pardon me for being broad here] 'great' people do possess an aura that separates them from the 'regular' person. that aura does arise out of a deeper reason but the first thing that it affects is a person's physical appearance. and i am not talking about a cliched concept of 'beauty' here in the purely aesthetic sense.

[ashleyartus]

@dayboo39 i agree,that was my point. Nice words.Very astute.

[dayboo39]

@ashleyartus in fact the physical appearance of all people who are termed geniuses are very interesting [to me]. i do believe that all [pardon me for being broad here] 'great' people do possess an aura that separates them from the 'regular' person. that aura does arise out of a deeper reason but the first thing that it affects is a person's physical appearance. and i am not talking about a cliched concept of 'beauty' here in the purely aesthetic sense.

[DarkLight91077]

@dayboo39 

[osiris1337]

@dayboo39 you're special, aren't ya? :D

[RenwaldoVanVeenmol]

@osiris1337 Nah, it's just pubescent. :/

[TheBalthu]

@ashleyartus That was a joke, i meant the woman playing the piano in the video, obviously she's not Philip Glass. -.-

[negronmiquael]

@TheBalthu yeah i was wondering who this woman is...

[kardharma]

Te lleva de apocos ... a los sueños ....

[chrizcheung]

Can somebody make a video with the sheets? or a tutorial pleasee! :D

[HaatoSK]

@chrizcheung type how to play like philip glass to youtube

[billythehick]

a purely wonderful piece of music.

[911nanothermite]

Thank you both. You play to my soul!!

[MUSICpucinski]

Brankas wonderful piano play gives the Glass' piece a gracefully interpretation full of sensitive moments.

[SpiritHourglass]

Listening is one thing, to play it on a piano yourself is even better. Every key counts.

[nickpridoroshko]

please, recommend similar composers

[MultiWham]

@nickpridoroshko i would try summer 78 by yann tiersen :) (i'm not sure if it is 78 though, but it should be easy enough to find)

[CutePoison92]

sublime



[RockyTheMarine]

haha he should have teamed up with the guy that did the music from Heavy Rain

[GTARIST4EVA]

@Guitarguru867 Right on!

[ciupenhauer]

this is the type of music that makes you want to say something that ends in an ellipsis ...

[rachaelraynbow]

@Guitarguru867 Thank you for so eloquently summarizing the belief of many of us. :) God bless.

[Vichdz828]

My soul was dancing with the stars...

[coSmogonico67]

Would you be angry if I died?...

[LuketheHacker]

So I've an idea.... Let's keep religion apart from the music. It's always rather messy when they're combined.

[djinnchei]

@LuketheHacker umm, religion has been the driving force behind music in every country for pretty much as long as music has existed

[rinkokoto]

In an interview, Philip Glass once said that he is a "Jewish-Taoist-Hindu-Toltec-Bu­ddhist," and that he does not belong to a religion. He is not religious, he is spiritual.

[MrPaevo]

@LuketheHacker Yes, Bach Haydn, Beethoven, Palestrina, etc, etc, etc, very messy composers...

[Quibbleify]

@LuketheHacker Thats a little hard when the music is played in a religious place of worship.

[grunt12394]

@LuketheHacker i completely disagree



[5555miles]

@LuketheHacker Impossible.

[BeautifulMawMusic]

@LuketheHacker Not true. Take Bach. wrote every song for the glory of God.

[TachyonSC]

@LuketheHacker It's funny why everything gets messy when you mix it with religion. Hope someone finds a cure one day.

[sevkets]

@LuketheHacker absolutely right.

[thenotoriousadin]

@LuketheHacker ...bach?

[gdbalck]

@LuketheHacker No Bach then? Or am I missing your point? Music, the one that moves the soul, can't help but be a religious experience.

[Sunchild333]

@gdbalck I Agree! And it's also absolutely ignorant to simply leave out any religious or political topics, with both actually contributing more than 50% to all music. What kind of music would there be in the 60's without religious and political problems?

[joschneider1]

@LuketheHacker “The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” J.S. Bach

CLEARLY must have been a very messy guy that knew nothing about music

[anabellik]

Now see there, I like all sorts of repetitive music, I love Steve Reich, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, ambient and anything you can imagine. But Glass just doesn't work for me. I find it so boring I yawn every time I hear his name. I just can't get why everyone hypes about it so much. IMO any decently talented 10-year-old can compose more interesting stuff than that. Can someone explain to me what is so special about Philip Glass.

[britcrit09]

@anabellik If you know that you don't like his music why do you spend your time listening to it and commenting? He's not my favourite but I like most music so listen to his once in a while. Sorry I can't explain it - I just know what I like and don't like and not worry about the reasons.

[inurendoes]

It's God's suffering through the medium of piano!

[airjavaid]

@inurendoes God suffers nothing. It is he who gives suffering and takes it away. He is the most supreme, free from all ills.

[SpawnRevenge92]

Song that remind you that deep down you're a sobbing, romantic, little boy.

[vonfrancois]

A 1000 times Yes!! Wow!! It makes my day!

[TheLarres]

beter then skrillex

[anthonisaac]

beautiful



[linorf]

david bowie sent me here

[aldebaran946]

@miltein91 non credo che tu possa parlare di musica!! è solo per gli eletti,tu non scrivi giusto..! auguri

[milstein91]

genius,he will be remembered him and avro part,the rest of the composers are shit

[Paddyllfixit]

@milstein91 I have rarely seen a more stupid comment than your one here. That is only your opinion. Every music from classical to grindcore has its place and purpose,............and its fans.

[milstein91]

@Paddyllfixit i was talking about contemporary composeres,most of them don t right music they right shit,and if you think you sound very intelligent because you defend them i'm glad for you that you have one thing that you can say to pretend that you actually know something.

[Paddyllfixit]

@milstein91

I don't care for whomever u're *talking about*. Just because u don't like it doesn't mean it's *shit*, u sound like an obstinate little boy. "...., and if you think you sound very intelligent because you defend them......" What are u waffling about? I'm not defending anyone just stating a fact, and why would that have someone thinking they're very intelligent? With your train of thought and language (write not "right") u're either a young naive little boy or slightly retarded.

[waybackinthe90s]

@Paddyllfixit and @milstein91

Hey, listen to the piece at hand and let's not get into arguments about other music / genres / etcetera. You both like Philip Glass, yeah? Okay, cool, you've got something in common! Great! Talk about that when you're commenting on a Philip Glass song!

Insulting the intelligence of one another is completely off topic - everyone's entitled to their opinions, even if they come across a bit strong, or are making broad, unvalidated statements.

And 'U' is not a word. xP

[Paddyllfixit]

@waybackinthe90s

Hey, I dunno wot wudda happend if U hadn't intervened with your "priceless" advice and amazing diplomatic skills. Thanks Mr Mediator.

[waybackinthe90s]

@Paddyllfixit

Sarcasm aside, you're welcome.

[Artemusicstring]

Philip Glass is so genius!!! and his polyrhythm are quiet awesome

[aldebaran946]

come tuti i geni è tormentato..la sua musica appunto ti tormenta, molto profonda e complessa ma geniale

[09walon]

anyone else watching this for music homework? ;)



[javarie19]

im lkooking for a peice by phillip glass that my professor played in class the other day, there was singing but they were counting 1-4...can anyone help?