GLASS (directed by Scott Hicks) Symphony No. 8

[cheamverdi]

Ok this is maybe not a 'masterpiece', but it's direct,genuine, and not inaccessible like

much of the 'academic' contemporary music (eg Boulez,Lutoslawski) where you need a degree in astrophysics to understand the score. Saying that, I dont want to see music go the other way and descend into bland 'chillout' Eric Whitacre territory.

[andrenotter]

I couldn't help laughing.

[SidewalkFrequencies]

minor chords arpeggiated up and down like you would on a piano except using an orchestra. I swear sometimes I think Glass is getting away with being the literary equivalent of Dr Seuss, I don't hear anything brilliant about this.

[Orlymusicboy]

@ShittiestChannelOnYT hadn't he gone deaf by that point?

[ShittiestChannelOnYT]

@Orlymusicboy Nope, he was starting to go deaf though.

[Orlymusicboy]

@ShittiestChannelOnYT oh.

[MrUtube14]

this symphony so provacative. afet listening to it for a few minuets you're will gets pulled in by the music