je trouve que ce morceau va à merveille dans le film "la rafle", et accentue encore plus notre irrésistible envie de pleurer. épouvantable, et si envoûtant.
Made the mistake of listening to this while writing a literary analysis essay of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". So freaking depressed right now... :(
Heard this one in an afternoon after a hard day's work....Reminds me of Songs from a Secret Garden. Anyone not into classical music can enter this way...you will stay.
I think the music takes you into an inner place, and gives you a space within yourself, certain people who are not comfortable inside themselves don't like that, kind of like being afraid of the dark, but there is gold and beauty in that darkness, too, kinds of leads you in to a place that contains everything at once, beyond words of course, is what music does, so it doesn't matter, and can't be measured by mere "evaluations" of progressions..etc. Listen with your heart, not your head maybe?
@arachneartist I like how you ending this with a "maybe" and a question mark. Very humble. It leaves us without a "this guy is a preacher" reflection on your comment. Very well said.
@SciAware Awe, thanks. I am not a musician, just describing my experience. That's all I know, but my three brothers, my grandfather, and three of my sons are musicians, one a composer who turned me on to Part, and Gorecki, and others. Thanks for the feedback on my communication style. That's helpful. You are a good communicator yourself, and generous to reflect that, sometimes a rare quality these days.
@arachneartist im not comfortable with myself and I find this song exceedingly beautiful. It gives me comfort because it has such a sad tune, kind of like my life.
The violin cries, and says : '' Follow These shadows my friend into the empty space, where, you can only be feed, not Consumed.'' This piece seems almost unreal, thank you very much for sharing
Whenever I hear this I always imagine walking through a blizzard. First the snowflaks start off light and then as the music progresses the snow gets harder and thicker until white is all there is. Ah....one of my favorite pieces of all time.
whenever i hear this i can easily picture l an enormous spaceship bombarding a planet from spaceship. Complete silence(due to it is space) except for this as background music.
@TheNavyboy333 why?? just do ONE thing and you will find out why: LISTEN!
But listen knowing that this is the 21st century for god's sake!
OK, it works for a Pixar movie when the little girl is wondering whether she should go back to dinner or enjoy a few more minutes contemplating her mother's garden...
the harmonic progression is so boring!!!! first time the melodies enter you think it's something on the "cute" side...but a few seconds later the whole thing is predictable and silly....
@falstocat although I normally don't waste my time with pathetic morons like you, I will reply to your silly and infantile message: masturbate to Bach? not really...Before Bach there are 5 million composers who are much better than Philip Glass. I don't need to masturbate to Bach. Even most of Glass classmates must have been way better, but they had more integrity - were no sell outs. Do this: you masturbate to Glass and I will shit on your head - you seem to enjoy this kind of stuff, fool.
@john12inch I meant to write(in fact, I *did* write), "I'll be with you in a moment."
I didn't mean to imply masturbating to Bach is wrong; in fact, I would encourage it. I believe that Bach wrote fantastic music worthy of intense study. I meant to show deference to Bach in my comment, but I'll understand if you misconstrued my original intention.
I hope you'll see that I genuinely mean you no disrespect. I also hope you will provide a few names of postmodern composers I should hear. :3
saw this performed live and it goes without saying that it is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written and that I have ever experienced, I will take that memory with me for the rest of my life. Phillip Glass is an absolute genius and I thank him for all of his wonderful and inspiring music.
When the world comes to an end, you will find me sitting in a chair, sipping a glass of 30-year-old scotch, and listening to this violin concerto. And it will be the most appropriate exit.
@wh1sk3rs This particular piece of posturing was identified by Milan Kundera in 'the unberable lightness of being' as Kitsch. When the world comes to an end nobody will bother to come to find you
@laurion69 doesn't really matter what you say to me here regarding the value of this music as I trust my feelings before whatever you say. Because myself and many others find this music so emotionally arresting, clearly Mr. Glass did something right.
I just heard this on Classic FM and immediately needed to find it and download it! I love this piece - it's so compelling and poignant and utterly stunning. I definitely recognise it from somewhere, but I'm not sure where... Ashamed to say this is my first Philip Glass, but I think I'm already a fan. If anyone could tell me where to get this piece or send it to me I would be so grateful! Thanks!
@wafferz movement 1: the march of the cows in the night; movement 2: the cow king's soaring lament; movement 3: the cow king's march back to the semi-verdant pretending fields.
I love the american branch of minimal music so much because composers like Philip Glass or Steve Reich have developed an extremely remarkable usage of rhythm. European composers of music with repeating patterns, like Arvo Pärt for instance, often rely on the hypnotic effect of their compositions and keep the rhythm as simple as possible.
I would really love to hear a piece with Pärts tintinnabuli harmony and the rhythmical development of Glass or Reich.
@laurion69, the fact that you don't like glasss music only further enhances my enjoyment of it! Glasss music has subtleties that someone like you could never understand or even contemplate. If you dont like it why listen to it? and why comment on it?
The format of a Concetro is fast, slow, fast so this movement is meant to be slower. also minimalism is made up of simple melody and harmony, but it is listen to the piece as a whole that makes it amazing. but I know what you mean :P
It's a nice-sounding piece, but I wouldn't go as far as putting Glass on the same level as Bach. No way... Glass is only good at doing his own thing whereas Bach's work eventually reinvented classical music as a whole.
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Well, technically, I wouldn't say this particular composition is on par to Bach's *WORST* compositions - and he didn't even have any bad compositions, whereas I feel Glass does.
This piece, nevertheless, is extremely thought provoking and slightly philosophical, if that makes sense.
It is quite laughable how people who clearly have no depth of musical understanding supplement this by idolic comparisons between two different composers.
You could compare an apple to an orange, each different fruit has a different taste; but when you eat an apple, you aren't eating it to taste the orange, so why do you expect to hear Bach in Glass?
I would *love* to hear your musicological justification behind the claim that Glass has "bad" compositions and that Bach's are "all" "good".
Everything you've written is right. However, it is nothing wrong about comparing two musical pieces composed by different composers utilizing criteria like e.g. harmonic complexity, rhythmic variety etc.
You must know that Glass represents the so-called minimalist music which is - concerning those (and other) criteria - quite simple: it is strongly repetitive consisting of simple patterns which are repeated throughout the piece (with only very few variations) (...)
@sdfgdsgfsdfg I understand where you're comming from and I will endevour to perhaps make my initial point more clear.
It's not that "comparing is idiotic", it's that "this comparison is idiotic". It's potentially insightful to compare anything, but (and perhaps I could have worded this better) to "rate" something by the standards of something else (I.E. "Beethoven's string quartets are bad because Bach didn't write them") is ignorant at best.
@sdfgdsgfsdfg as far as minimalism goes, I am a great fan and a composer myself and it's actually quite hard to write music that remains enjoyable and as rhythmically and harmonically complex as say the 3rd mvt of this concerto. this 2nd mvt is an example of the simplistic beauty of minimalist music. however, music such as Glass' Einstein on the Beach or Adams Violin Concerto are good examples of the complex interactions of symple themes or motives... or as Wagner would call them, leitmotivs ;)
(...)So, one does definitely not need to possess a certain "depth of musical understanding" in order to grasp this type of music. Everyone who's familiar with some pop, film or (free) jazz music will have no intellectual problems with Glass at all. Although, this does not mean that I do not like it - I love listening to Glass! There is a beauty in simplicity.
However, his composing should not be over-estimated.
@sdfgdsgfsdfg And then you spoil a perfectly valid criticism with an ignorant misinterpretation. I do not believe for one second that Glass couldn't write in a "more complex idiom" if he so wished, his use of "simplistic elements" is by no means an "easy" approach to composition, it is merely his choice of artistic resources; Beethoven composing for a string quartet is no less or more a genius than Beethoven composing for a symphony or a piano sonata, merely an artist using different resources.
Very well put, Sir! So many people don't understand the difference between repetion and 'simplicity'. Most Glass works, even those that fall under the scope of so-called 'minimalism' are actually quite complex and multilayered. Glass has repeatedly demonstrated his ability and versatility to produce work that is just as complex as what he is compared against.
@Counterten0r just because someone doesnt understand the music on a technical level ldoes not mean they cant enjoy it (because I enjoy this), and if they compare it to Bach then isnt that a compliment Philip Glass? Everybody has different taste in music anyway, and difference always seems to create conflict. It is worth just ignoring comments like that, saying one thing is better/worse than another when it's a matter of personal preference, while you're at it, ignore this one too! xD
@TheStealth86 I did not try to suggest people couldn't enjoy music if they didn't understand it on a technical level; I think the distinctinction that "Bach is not Glass" is far below a technical understanding.
I don't care who they prefer, it was just the nature of original comment (which, basically did exactly what you said I shouldn't; tried to define "goodness" and "badness" in music as absolutes) which was of irritation to me.
@Counterten0r ok fair enough, i understand now. yes, those comments are arnt worth thinking about (imo) as it's personal preference. it's like saying the colour red is better than blue. well thanks for replying, even though your comment was 1 year old (i missed that).
There is no such thing as bad music only bad listeners! This peice blew me away when I heard it and still does. I recently played it for a friend who love minimalist heavy metal and he was blown away to know there are minimalist orchestral composers. Beautifully haunting this is a masterpiece!
@dad458 well, some modern music does make me cringe a bit, it sounds like the crashing together of old tin cans. But this is indescribably beautiful. As is all of Philip Glass's music I've heard so far.
@dad458 Wow, wise words, with at least a lot of truth in them. Listening well seems to be another dwindling resource in this world. It's easy to be critical, but a lot of people criticizing, I wonder if they could work as hard, as in such a disciplined fashion as Phillip Glass, give as much back, be as true to their vision, even when it's different and others sometimes reject it, perform as well, be as devoted. He worked driving a cab for years just to support himself as a composer.
I appreciated these comments. It has been hard for me to verbalize why I like Glass, but I do. I suppose it is the way it taps so directly into my emotions. At the same time there is an almost mathematical structure to it.
that's why a lot of modern classical music is difficult for the layperson or even lovers of the genre to listen to: it's almost pure math (and no melody).
This piece is the singularly most beautiful piece of emotionally captivating music I have ever heard. It still draws me to tears every time I hear it, how is it that one can cry and be awesomely happy both at the same time?
Heard this piece in it's entirety in my music theory class today and was astounded and completely engulfed in this piece, it is the perfect culmination of emotion through out the entire piece. Anyone who claims this to be anything less than epic, either is listening with deaf ears, or is a fool.
Es una pieza demsiado sencilla en su contruccion que no obstante gracias a un ritornello constante que se convierte en obstinato,causa la sensacion de angustia,a la vez que de reconfortante alivio...como si se tratara de describir con ella la vida:un caminar siempre con destino ignoto..un descansoi y de nuevo al camino. Increible como Glass le saca nuevos significados a la secuencia de notas sin esfuerzo aparente para atraparnos en un torbellino vital.
I used to listen to this before marching band competitions to get me pumped. it still works. i still get chills listening to this. I'm amazed thatsomething as dark as this piece makes me so happy
Beautiful music, but if I saw this live I'd be asleep in five minutes.
1violaplayr 3 days ago
Unglaublich! Mich hat lange keine Stück so ergriffen.
War in einem Konzert und musste daraufhin dieses Stück direkt noch einmal hören.
MrMcMoritz 6 days ago
Wow, this piece has just left me utterly speechless with it's beauty.
LisaMackXx 1 week ago
beautiful!
dutlful 3 weeks ago
This one made me cry....It shows all the happyness...you won't get! :(
Piehti 3 weeks ago
From which Philip Glass's violin concerto? VC #1 or VC #2?
overseachininadoll 1 month ago
@overseachininadoll There is only one violin concerto by him.
thecollective09 4 days ago
Philip Glass and Hans Zimmer are two of my most favourite contemporary composers! We need more!
SuperMemzzz 1 month ago
je trouve que ce morceau va à merveille dans le film "la rafle", et accentue encore plus notre irrésistible envie de pleurer. épouvantable, et si envoûtant.
KeiikO1994 1 month ago
What an utterly beautiful piece of music. Sheer bliss.
smopoo 1 month ago
I just heard this on my pandora and had to look it up. It is simply amazing.
Dancernoah21 1 month ago
marcelo ramos the november songs
marcelodevetula 2 months ago
close your eyes and listen to the various violins beeing added to the movement... just amazing...
KeiikO1994 2 months ago 2
I play this before a test, always helps me concentrate better.
JorgeH891 2 months ago
This music is.... the future. I love it.
PLDGOR 2 months ago
So beautiful.
MistressTrinity 2 months ago
Musical poetry of the soul.
DaveDrumsOK 2 months ago
Made the mistake of listening to this while writing a literary analysis essay of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". So freaking depressed right now... :(
JakeT3056 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Philip Glass
Bieber. blows this guy outta the water. Nuff said.
riocasti 4 months ago
@riocasti who? Does bieber blow Phil Glass or does Phil Glass blow bieber out of the water ? :D
Forseliz 3 months ago
noooo why did it stop? :(
0kelp0 4 months ago
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One of the most beautiful master peices I have ever heard. It brings tears to my eyes.
FourPie 5 months ago
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FourPie 5 months ago
Try "Tabula Rasa" by Arvo Part...another great minimalist violin concerto/solo piece
2natw 5 months ago
the dark tones and emotions that come through this piece are simply amazing o_o
luvtheocean 5 months ago
pretty sure there is such a
thing as bad music, but this is amazing!
Jed7356 5 months ago
search nicolas and the iceni. they write beautiful contemporary classical and folk music which has echoes of glass.
Blake788 5 months ago
Beautiful piece of music! I believe I first heard this on the following Youtube video on the Riemann Hypothesis...
watch?v=MsBUTuYI62k
SciAware 6 months ago
Heard this one in an afternoon after a hard day's work....Reminds me of Songs from a Secret Garden. Anyone not into classical music can enter this way...you will stay.
travlynn08 6 months ago
Yeah!!! esta melodía siempre ha significado muhco en mi vida, gracias por haberla subido.
bretonvampir 6 months ago
Just heard this piece on Pandora and I fell in love. Thanks for sharing!
MissFlint4U 6 months ago
How many notes does one need to create beauty of such enormity.
fraserclubbx 6 months ago
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081588101 7 months ago
@081588101 I think it reminds all of us that we are alone in the world. Courage, my friend.
sitithesecond 7 months ago
@081588101 SISSY
EarthquakeMachine 6 months ago
@EarthquakeMachine
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081588101 6 months ago
I think the music takes you into an inner place, and gives you a space within yourself, certain people who are not comfortable inside themselves don't like that, kind of like being afraid of the dark, but there is gold and beauty in that darkness, too, kinds of leads you in to a place that contains everything at once, beyond words of course, is what music does, so it doesn't matter, and can't be measured by mere "evaluations" of progressions..etc. Listen with your heart, not your head maybe?
arachneartist 9 months ago 28
@arachneartist I like how you ending this with a "maybe" and a question mark. Very humble. It leaves us without a "this guy is a preacher" reflection on your comment. Very well said.
SciAware 3 months ago
@SciAware *ended
SciAware 3 months ago
@SciAware Awe, thanks. I am not a musician, just describing my experience. That's all I know, but my three brothers, my grandfather, and three of my sons are musicians, one a composer who turned me on to Part, and Gorecki, and others. Thanks for the feedback on my communication style. That's helpful. You are a good communicator yourself, and generous to reflect that, sometimes a rare quality these days.
arachneartist 3 months ago
@arachneartist im not comfortable with myself and I find this song exceedingly beautiful. It gives me comfort because it has such a sad tune, kind of like my life.
cmonutube 2 months ago
when my grandpa died, i lisen this music....
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oh my god, such music is worth living.
xXenimcrbtx 10 months ago
oh my god, such music is worth living.
xXenimcrbtx 10 months ago 4
The violin cries, and says : '' Follow These shadows my friend into the empty space, where, you can only be feed, not Consumed.'' This piece seems almost unreal, thank you very much for sharing
Noella2525 11 months ago 2
Whenever I hear this I always imagine walking through a blizzard. First the snowflaks start off light and then as the music progresses the snow gets harder and thicker until white is all there is. Ah....one of my favorite pieces of all time.
sabamerv1313 11 months ago
whenever i hear this i can easily picture l an enormous spaceship bombarding a planet from spaceship. Complete silence(due to it is space) except for this as background music.
TheNavyboy333 11 months ago
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cumonthecross 1 year ago
amazing piece.. thanks for sharing
hardalmardal 1 year ago
even URLs have something to add to the discussion
thebloads 1 year ago
GaAAY
thebloads 1 year ago
no tengo palabras para describir la paz que siento cuando escucho Glass.. es alucinante!
dagecita 1 year ago
bad stuff, silly and superficial.
john12inch 1 year ago
@john12inch is that really what you think... Why?
TheNavyboy333 11 months ago
@TheNavyboy333 why?? just do ONE thing and you will find out why: LISTEN!
But listen knowing that this is the 21st century for god's sake!
OK, it works for a Pixar movie when the little girl is wondering whether she should go back to dinner or enjoy a few more minutes contemplating her mother's garden...
the harmonic progression is so boring!!!! first time the melodies enter you think it's something on the "cute" side...but a few seconds later the whole thing is predictable and silly....
john12inch 11 months ago
@john12inch Compose something better.
donnchristianson 9 months ago
@donnchristianson any, any music is better than this crap.
john12inch 6 months ago
@john12inch Go masturbate to Bach. I'll be with you in a moment.
falstocat 6 months ago
@falstocat although I normally don't waste my time with pathetic morons like you, I will reply to your silly and infantile message: masturbate to Bach? not really...Before Bach there are 5 million composers who are much better than Philip Glass. I don't need to masturbate to Bach. Even most of Glass classmates must have been way better, but they had more integrity - were no sell outs. Do this: you masturbate to Glass and I will shit on your head - you seem to enjoy this kind of stuff, fool.
john12inch 6 months ago
@john12inch I meant to write(in fact, I *did* write), "I'll be with you in a moment."
I didn't mean to imply masturbating to Bach is wrong; in fact, I would encourage it. I believe that Bach wrote fantastic music worthy of intense study. I meant to show deference to Bach in my comment, but I'll understand if you misconstrued my original intention.
I hope you'll see that I genuinely mean you no disrespect. I also hope you will provide a few names of postmodern composers I should hear. :3
falstocat 6 months ago
@falstocat
Shut It! Take your arrogance elsewhere. Music is just like art. Everyone has an opinion. No one is right.
SciAware 5 months ago
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falstocat 5 months ago
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Sorry falstocat. The previous comment was not direct at you. I made a mistake.
SciAware 5 months ago
@john12inch
Shut it! Take your arrogance elsewhere. Music is like art. Everyone has an opinion. No one is right.
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@SciAware "music is like art"??? i thought music was a kind of art...and you are the one telling me to shut it...alright! lol!
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Samnutter3212 1 year ago
the atmosphere is so thick, so cinematic
petezilla 1 year ago
saw this performed live and it goes without saying that it is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written and that I have ever experienced, I will take that memory with me for the rest of my life. Phillip Glass is an absolute genius and I thank him for all of his wonderful and inspiring music.
MrCarlwalters 1 year ago
only minimalist piece that literally makes me cry like a baby
Kevork518 1 year ago
This piece greatly influenced the 2nd movement of my symphony...
lowelljohnsonmusic 1 year ago
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat.
brettteslaa 1 year ago
just. amazing.
nothing else to say, just listen
mrcsporte 1 year ago
i have to thank the author of "fight club" for referring to this song in his book "rant". i now am becoming a fan of philip glass.
stratrocker12 1 year ago
What's the full name of this composition? I can't find it anywhere.
TheVodKanockers 1 year ago
The url for this vid is gas.
Phlegasus 1 year ago
When the world comes to an end, you will find me sitting in a chair, sipping a glass of 30-year-old scotch, and listening to this violin concerto. And it will be the most appropriate exit.
wh1sk3rs 1 year ago 127
@wh1sk3rs Fuck that. The most appropriate will be me listening to this while I fly my plane, outrunning the fireball.
MisterWillie060 1 year ago
@wh1sk3rs This particular piece of posturing was identified by Milan Kundera in 'the unberable lightness of being' as Kitsch. When the world comes to an end nobody will bother to come to find you
thebloads 1 year ago
@wh1sk3rs Best YouTube comment in the history of YouTube.
aldentesolo 10 months ago 2
@wh1sk3rs what a way to go ... but make it wine for me please. Nuits-St-Georges.
sitithesecond 7 months ago
@wh1sk3rs I think music like this is the reason to live not to just walk out of life whilst it dies with you :)
Forseliz 3 months ago
Une des meilleures musiques de La Rafle !
xtiftifx67 1 year ago
Gosh this man is the shizzz!
BrkCityFG9 1 year ago
this. is. outstanding. i want to play it now :D
sk8THaT6sTuFf 1 year ago
Hi,adele anthony is the violinist with the ulster orchestra.You can find it on the naxos
label.
ANGELSDONTPLAYHARPS 1 year ago
@ANGELSDONTPLAYHARPS thank you for sharing, it's fabulous!
sitithesecond 7 months ago
what is the cd where I can find this track?
giuli8888 1 year ago
@giuli8888
lists some of the recordings done of this piece
wiki Violin_Concerto_No._1_(Glass)
Devinhugs4free 1 year ago
@Aliencircle
I think you need simply to listen to true violin concertos before to exalt a second-hand-4-chords-progression.
Dozens of composers wrote this stuff 300 and 200 years ago in the first 4 bars of many their compositions.
The difference is that Glass cannot go forward after those 4 bars...
Very sad, very pathetic.
laurion69 1 year ago
@laurion69 that's a very, very narrow tube you're looking through.
HARMONICO101 1 year ago
@HARMONICO101
Oh no, it's you who are looking in a like tube.
This is an ugly, second hand stuff.
laurion69 1 year ago
@laurion69 doesn't really matter what you say to me here regarding the value of this music as I trust my feelings before whatever you say. Because myself and many others find this music so emotionally arresting, clearly Mr. Glass did something right.
HARMONICO101 1 year ago
@HARMONICO101 can you please tell me in which cd, of philip glass, I can find this track?
giuli8888 1 year ago
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@HARMONICO101 can you please tell me in which cd, of philip glass, I can find this track?
giuli8888 1 year ago
Stop comparing composers. They have their own signature. Beautiful music is just beautiful. Just keep quiet and listen.
megamen10 1 year ago 4
Lux Aeterna from Requiem For A Dream definitely ripped this off.
teccomin 1 year ago
That picture ruined the song for me. Scary...
chadvonswan 1 year ago
floating with this music
Aidesz 1 year ago
Could anyone tell me what key this is in? If it changes, I'm just wondering for the bit at about 3:42.
Thanks
KurtHerbie 1 year ago
@KurtHerbie C minor
pianoplayer4 1 year ago
Perfection. How subtle are those heart wrenching moments around 6 35. Glass is the genius of this era.
majidh10000 1 year ago 3
Such inspiring work. ! I love it!
Musikslife 1 year ago
This is such inspiring work. =) I love it.
Musikslife 1 year ago
Soooooo beautiful.... so moving, i have goosebumps all over xx I love it
LUSHG1RL 1 year ago
I just heard this on Classic FM and immediately needed to find it and download it! I love this piece - it's so compelling and poignant and utterly stunning. I definitely recognise it from somewhere, but I'm not sure where... Ashamed to say this is my first Philip Glass, but I think I'm already a fan. If anyone could tell me where to get this piece or send it to me I would be so grateful! Thanks!
AhndeeLennox 1 year ago
@AhndeeLennox You can torrent a collection of his works on pirate bay Im seeding it as we speak
imhallowarren 1 year ago
Awesome.
trashcan666 1 year ago
Just stunning. I adore this piece of music. So beautiful and heartbreaking.
AllThatJazz99 1 year ago 5
mmmmm, needs more cowbell.
wafferz 1 year ago 4
@wafferz movement 1: the march of the cows in the night; movement 2: the cow king's soaring lament; movement 3: the cow king's march back to the semi-verdant pretending fields.
Chromometron 1 year ago
Sombre, serious, introspective. The music stands by itself but it did add greatly to The Hours.
michaels7 2 years ago
Is Glass also a conductor? I'm only curious.
Vlessgorian 2 years ago
No. Glass never conducts.
aqtimmy89 1 year ago
Magnifico!! GRacias por esta maravilla.
mayieska 2 years ago
I love the american branch of minimal music so much because composers like Philip Glass or Steve Reich have developed an extremely remarkable usage of rhythm. European composers of music with repeating patterns, like Arvo Pärt for instance, often rely on the hypnotic effect of their compositions and keep the rhythm as simple as possible.
I would really love to hear a piece with Pärts tintinnabuli harmony and the rhythmical development of Glass or Reich.
playingchessonmars 2 years ago 5
stunning
murts79 2 years ago
Definitely one of my favorite Glass pieces.
lolaphilologist 2 years ago 10
Which recording is this? Soloist/orchestra? Thanks!!
hsujim 2 years ago
Hi ,Adele Anthony is the soloist accompanied by the Ulster orchestra conducted by takuo yuasa.
ANGELSDONTPLAYHARPS 2 years ago 2
@laurion69, the fact that you don't like glasss music only further enhances my enjoyment of it! Glasss music has subtleties that someone like you could never understand or even contemplate. If you dont like it why listen to it? and why comment on it?
ekcoman 2 years ago
Glass, triumph of banality.
laurion69 2 years ago
Sublime
alexanderskeleton 2 years ago
what concerto is this from? the 1st one?
fallfromtherafters 2 years ago
yes i think so.
x0legenddddx0 2 years ago
This is beautifull melodic intense and goosebumps creating music
the violin is subtle and soul touching
one of the best pieces ( and there are lots of other beautifull pieces)
JD9707 2 years ago 3
sad and haunting
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I hate the second movement--way too boring--especially if you're a cellist/bassist.
snootzie78 2 years ago
The format of a Concetro is fast, slow, fast so this movement is meant to be slower. also minimalism is made up of simple melody and harmony, but it is listen to the piece as a whole that makes it amazing. but I know what you mean :P
Wolfyx52x 2 years ago
This is why musicians make the worst music listeners. They can't focus on anything but they're own instrument!
DoubleNickels 2 years ago 3
it isn't about the individual. It's about the orchestra. And the manipulation of rhythm is masterful, not just here, but in the entire piece.
Don't understand why people have voted you down though, it's just your opinion.
CheesePhoenix 2 years ago
Atmospheris and spine-chilling.
englishrose47 2 years ago
please, try weird fishes-arpeggi of radiohead, with the nazareth orchestra, another kinda music that makes you cry while you are happy.
eldientedemaiz 2 years ago
bach was baroque in every sense of the word x
Weller85 2 years ago
uno de los mejores en la musica
ISAAC7DG 2 years ago
I'm usually into my rock music but was taken aback when I heard this a few weeks back. Truly breathtaking in every sense. Which CD is this on?
Siennauk 2 years ago 2
Could certainly be on a movie soundtrack. Beautifully atmospheric.
cpanati 2 years ago
and, indeed, one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard, certainly on par to Bach's best compositions... Just sublime.
robertcouturier 2 years ago
It's a nice-sounding piece, but I wouldn't go as far as putting Glass on the same level as Bach. No way... Glass is only good at doing his own thing whereas Bach's work eventually reinvented classical music as a whole.
cleomagoolando 2 years ago 2
I would agree, but, dude, give glass his time..and then we'll judge....shame...we'll all be dead...
fortune32 2 years ago
@cleomagoolando maybe people will say the same thing about Philip Glass in 300 years time :-) I love the maestro Bach, but I also love Glass.
sitithesecond 7 months ago
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Well, technically, I wouldn't say this particular composition is on par to Bach's *WORST* compositions - and he didn't even have any bad compositions, whereas I feel Glass does.
This piece, nevertheless, is extremely thought provoking and slightly philosophical, if that makes sense.
Not on par with Bach though.
Rachmanomaniac 2 years ago
It is quite laughable how people who clearly have no depth of musical understanding supplement this by idolic comparisons between two different composers.
You could compare an apple to an orange, each different fruit has a different taste; but when you eat an apple, you aren't eating it to taste the orange, so why do you expect to hear Bach in Glass?
I would *love* to hear your musicological justification behind the claim that Glass has "bad" compositions and that Bach's are "all" "good".
Counterten0r 2 years ago 59
@Counterten0r :
Everything you've written is right. However, it is nothing wrong about comparing two musical pieces composed by different composers utilizing criteria like e.g. harmonic complexity, rhythmic variety etc.
You must know that Glass represents the so-called minimalist music which is - concerning those (and other) criteria - quite simple: it is strongly repetitive consisting of simple patterns which are repeated throughout the piece (with only very few variations) (...)
sdfgdsgfsdfg 1 year ago
@sdfgdsgfsdfg I understand where you're comming from and I will endevour to perhaps make my initial point more clear.
It's not that "comparing is idiotic", it's that "this comparison is idiotic". It's potentially insightful to compare anything, but (and perhaps I could have worded this better) to "rate" something by the standards of something else (I.E. "Beethoven's string quartets are bad because Bach didn't write them") is ignorant at best.
Counterten0r 1 year ago
@sdfgdsgfsdfg as far as minimalism goes, I am a great fan and a composer myself and it's actually quite hard to write music that remains enjoyable and as rhythmically and harmonically complex as say the 3rd mvt of this concerto. this 2nd mvt is an example of the simplistic beauty of minimalist music. however, music such as Glass' Einstein on the Beach or Adams Violin Concerto are good examples of the complex interactions of symple themes or motives... or as Wagner would call them, leitmotivs ;)
carmenwaxman 1 year ago
@Counterten0r :
(...)So, one does definitely not need to possess a certain "depth of musical understanding" in order to grasp this type of music. Everyone who's familiar with some pop, film or (free) jazz music will have no intellectual problems with Glass at all. Although, this does not mean that I do not like it - I love listening to Glass! There is a beauty in simplicity.
However, his composing should not be over-estimated.
sdfgdsgfsdfg 1 year ago
@sdfgdsgfsdfg And then you spoil a perfectly valid criticism with an ignorant misinterpretation. I do not believe for one second that Glass couldn't write in a "more complex idiom" if he so wished, his use of "simplistic elements" is by no means an "easy" approach to composition, it is merely his choice of artistic resources; Beethoven composing for a string quartet is no less or more a genius than Beethoven composing for a symphony or a piano sonata, merely an artist using different resources.
Counterten0r 1 year ago 2
@Counterten0r
Very well put, Sir! So many people don't understand the difference between repetion and 'simplicity'. Most Glass works, even those that fall under the scope of so-called 'minimalism' are actually quite complex and multilayered. Glass has repeatedly demonstrated his ability and versatility to produce work that is just as complex as what he is compared against.
proman84 1 year ago
@Counterten0r You can't hear any Bach in this? Really? That's 'quite laughable', you tool.
silenceisgoldman 1 year ago
@silenceisgoldman I think you've entirely missed the point of what I'm saying actually.
Counterten0r 1 year ago
@Counterten0r just because someone doesnt understand the music on a technical level ldoes not mean they cant enjoy it (because I enjoy this), and if they compare it to Bach then isnt that a compliment Philip Glass? Everybody has different taste in music anyway, and difference always seems to create conflict. It is worth just ignoring comments like that, saying one thing is better/worse than another when it's a matter of personal preference, while you're at it, ignore this one too! xD
TheStealth86 1 year ago
@TheStealth86 I did not try to suggest people couldn't enjoy music if they didn't understand it on a technical level; I think the distinctinction that "Bach is not Glass" is far below a technical understanding.
I don't care who they prefer, it was just the nature of original comment (which, basically did exactly what you said I shouldn't; tried to define "goodness" and "badness" in music as absolutes) which was of irritation to me.
Counterten0r 1 year ago
@Counterten0r ok fair enough, i understand now. yes, those comments are arnt worth thinking about (imo) as it's personal preference. it's like saying the colour red is better than blue. well thanks for replying, even though your comment was 1 year old (i missed that).
TheStealth86 1 year ago
@Counterten0r
There is no such thing as bad music only bad listeners! This peice blew me away when I heard it and still does. I recently played it for a friend who love minimalist heavy metal and he was blown away to know there are minimalist orchestral composers. Beautifully haunting this is a masterpiece!
dad458 8 months ago 5
@dad458 well, some modern music does make me cringe a bit, it sounds like the crashing together of old tin cans. But this is indescribably beautiful. As is all of Philip Glass's music I've heard so far.
sitithesecond 7 months ago
@dad458 Wow, wise words, with at least a lot of truth in them. Listening well seems to be another dwindling resource in this world. It's easy to be critical, but a lot of people criticizing, I wonder if they could work as hard, as in such a disciplined fashion as Phillip Glass, give as much back, be as true to their vision, even when it's different and others sometimes reject it, perform as well, be as devoted. He worked driving a cab for years just to support himself as a composer.
arachneartist 3 months ago
de gustibus non est disputandum.
felixpetrar 2 years ago
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I ever heard ...
cenolbaj 2 years ago 3
it's 12/8
lodesfachgymraeg 2 years ago
I just discovered... It's as I would say in french "indicible". We can not tell, can not explain, just feel...
Chrisbox2005 2 years ago 3
Its 4/4
jovia13 2 years ago
Anyone know the time signature within this? whether it's 4 or 12/8?
jitterbugdance 2 years ago
I appreciated these comments. It has been hard for me to verbalize why I like Glass, but I do. I suppose it is the way it taps so directly into my emotions. At the same time there is an almost mathematical structure to it.
edegeorg 2 years ago 4
???
most classical music is very highly mathematical.
that's why a lot of modern classical music is difficult for the layperson or even lovers of the genre to listen to: it's almost pure math (and no melody).
bethnor 2 years ago
This piece is the singularly most beautiful piece of emotionally captivating music I have ever heard. It still draws me to tears every time I hear it, how is it that one can cry and be awesomely happy both at the same time?
bloodyhellkat 2 years ago 5
That's the beauty of the human condition.
Shystichu 2 years ago 2
by far the most impressive movement of the concerto. I love the way it builds momentum and then lulls you down - it's eerie how he does that so well.
seattletaytay 2 years ago
@seattletaytay
also interesting to note that this movement has more views than the other two movements' videos... haha
uxnosidda 1 year ago
would love to play this! What level of orcehstra could pull this off do you think?
smroggen 2 years ago
A level
laurenthrowdown 2 years ago 2
Heard this piece in it's entirety in my music theory class today and was astounded and completely engulfed in this piece, it is the perfect culmination of emotion through out the entire piece. Anyone who claims this to be anything less than epic, either is listening with deaf ears, or is a fool.
wwc33 2 years ago 3
i don't think it's this piece that ppl criticize glass for, per se.
it's that many of his pieces sound like this.
bethnor 2 years ago
Es una pieza demsiado sencilla en su contruccion que no obstante gracias a un ritornello constante que se convierte en obstinato,causa la sensacion de angustia,a la vez que de reconfortante alivio...como si se tratara de describir con ella la vida:un caminar siempre con destino ignoto..un descansoi y de nuevo al camino. Increible como Glass le saca nuevos significados a la secuencia de notas sin esfuerzo aparente para atraparnos en un torbellino vital.
JorPove 2 years ago 4
I cant believe he captures so much emotion in this peice- it's my all time favorite Glass piece!
pastaROXtumadresSOX 2 years ago 2
I used to listen to this before marching band competitions to get me pumped. it still works. i still get chills listening to this. I'm amazed thatsomething as dark as this piece makes me so happy
SteFUNN 2 years ago 3
too beautiful
illuminationhighrock 2 years ago 4
The Glass concerto will be played long after all of us are dead. Words don't do it justice, so yes, listen again and again and again.
wizardofwaste 2 years ago 5