Philip Glass: 'Dead Things' from soundtrack to 'The Hours' - piano version

[kjnq]

the best music for movie EVER LOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEE­EEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTT

[PSearPianist]

@kjnq Thank you, and I LOOOVVEE your kind comment!

[Meytallica]

This is amazing, very inspiring, perfect execution! Bravo!

[PSearPianist]

@Meytallica Thank you very much!

[MayerGartley]

OMG!!! I am speechless... what an awesome piece my dear. I am really enjoying it. Good inspiration for my career and also my mind.... Congratulations

[PSearPianist]

@MayerGartley Thank you for that - and I wish you every success in your career!

[AvaPozen]

Quelle merveille!

[PSearPianist]

@AvaPozen Merci beaucoup!

[Annodomino2007]

This seems so breezy when you play it, but I keep struggling with some parts... you make it look easier than it is, which definitely militates in favor of your playing :-)

[PSearPianist]

@Annodomino2007 Thank you. Playing this is all about being relaxed and using wrists and arms as well as fingers (in my opinion at least!).

[HermylovesLestat]

Really great work, well done :)

I begun working on it a couple of days ago, and your version is truly inspiring for me.. :) thank you..!!

[PSearPianist]

@HermylovesLestat Thank you - and good luck with your own study of the piece!

[Fanoulita]

Soulfull.. thank you..

[PSearPianist]

@Fanoulita Thanks very much!

[solthien]

Amazing, you play very beautiful that lovely song. Very talented. Congratulations

[PSearPianist]

@solthien Thank you very much for your kind comment!

[ChrisJK94]

Brilliant, I wish I could play like you.

[PSearPianist]

@ChrisJK94 Work hard at the piano and you may be better than me!

[SebaRasta]

Nicely played, but maybe the tempo is too fast for this song. If you play a touching song like this too fast, it loses feeling. You're virtuoso, but don't try to prove it playing fast a song it's not supposed to be that way.

[PSearPianist]

@SebaRasta Thank you. I played it as I felt it at the time - having heard the soundtrack CD. Maybe if I played it now I might do it differently?

[321Aceking]

great job great song~ 10 Stars! :)

[PSearPianist]

@321Aceking Thank you for that - its a shame that instead of the 10 stars you can now only give me a thumbs up under the new YouTube interface!

[gooner0121]

Can you play Michael Nyman's The Heart Asks Pleasure First please.

[PSearPianist]

I could do - but the texture of it presents big page turning difficulties for me. Also that sort of thick-textured music will not work unless my piano has just been tuned!

[retrocareermelted]

wish I knew how to play this song

[PSearPianist]

Alas I do not teach or do tutorials. I think the piece may be published in a readily-available collection of Philip Glass's original piano works and arrangements of his film music (I used an anthology of film themes in which it happened to be included).

[raido1324]

You are one of the few at home pianist video makers on youtube I can stand to listen to. Nice job, I just ordered a book with Glass's Metamorphosis and some of the Hours and such. I'm very excited to play them. Also, you have your page turning skills down to an art. I wish I could turn pages so fluidly while playing. ;)

[Phillip210]

Thank you for your kind comment. I hope you enjoy the Glass book when it arrives. I would like to get some more of his music. Page turning is a real problem, but I do a lot of accompanying so get used to it. Still, there is a lot of music that I can play but have never videoed because of insoluble turning problems. I am happy to drop a few notes or rewrite bars in live performance, but I would prefer not to do it on video!

[DatSkinnyWhiteGirl]

i'm so "stuck" on this song right now. i have an electric piano and can play a little by ear but there's too much going on in the song for me to pick up on. i'm willing to PAY YOU just to put a camera over the keys and play it in slow motion because i've never been able to learn how to read music : (

[PSearPianist]

Thank you for commenting. I would like to help but have never worked out how to do instructional videos (of which there seem to be quite a few on YouTube) - it would be a challenge to find a suitable place to mount the camera. Also, I no longer have the sheet music - which I borrowed from a library to make the video. This is quite a long piece to learn by that method

[MusicaDeLaVida]

Hi! I commented on one of your Heller videos a few weeks back. And here I am searching for someone that plays Philip Glass music better than me and your video popped up! Well done, I love your playing and I adore this piece. Thank you!

[PSearPianist]

Thanks for your very kind comment. In these very competitive times, it pays to be as versatile as possible.

[ronpolla]

Wonderful!!

Keeps the mood intact!!!

[PSearPianist]

Thanks - I'm glad to hear that!

[lulu10101991]

This is really lovley.

I love his piece with the homeless man who was singing, who then later died. I cant for the life of me think what its called but its absoloutley beautiful.

Lovley playing yet again.

[PSearPianist]

Thanks for the kind comment. I don't know any piece by him about a homeless man, but I think you may have in mind "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" by Gavin Bryars which is an amazing piece that you should hear!

[lulu10101991]

That probably is the one.

My music teacher told me it was glass... hmm! lol

[clavis55]

Very beautiful piece and great playing!

Another great composer for minimal music is Michael Nyman.

[PSearPianist]

Thank you. I do not actually have any of Nyman's scores, although I have in the past played 'The Heart Asks Pleasure First'. I must get some of his music!

[Babejuda]

Wonderful performance. Contrary to BocaFriend's comment, I think the 'spookiness' is maintained also in this flowing tempo.

[PSearPianist]

Thanks - as I suggested, I think a little interpretative licence is warranted when playing the piece out of context as a piano solo.

[BocaFriend]

Hi, Phillip. I remember being very taken with THE HOURS soundtrack and it is perhaps my favorite Glass works. Personally, I like Glass to be played at a slower tempo to evoke the intrinsic spookiness of his style. Perhaps if you ever play it for your own enjoyment on a glum, rainy day you'll nod in agreement? : ) ~Terry

[PSearPianist]

Thanks for your comment. On the soundtrack the accompanying motif is thickly orchestrated strings which can sustain a slower tempo. I think that with solo piano it needs to go a little quicker to keep up the momentum - which is why I chose this tempo.

[BocaFriend]

Thank you for your gracious explanation, Philip.