"There was a whole new wave of culture forming, and we wanted our music to be part of it."
In "An Hour With Philip Glass," the star-composer reflects on the goals and aspirations of his generation of composers. "We felt left out," says Glass; "there was a whole new wave of culture forming, and we wanted our music to be part of it." Glass talks with Sara Fishko about his early New York days playing for tiny audiences; his apprenticeship to Ravi Shankar; and about the origins of the style of music that created what he calls a "commotion."
Nadia Boulanger More on this composer, conductor and teacher about whom Glass speaks at length
Philip Glass Hour: Playlist
1) Etude no. 9, from “Etudes for Piano,” Vol. I, no. 1-10 Played by Glass/Orange Mountain Music OMM 0009
2) Company, third movement (string orch. version) ulster Orchestra, Yuasa cond./Naxos 559056
3) Secret Agent (“Trust”)/English Chamber Orchestra Nonesuch 79442
4) Roy Acuff: Black Mountain Rag (Tommy Magness) from The Essential Roy Acuff/Columbia Leg. 48956
5) Count Basie: One O’Clock Boogie from America’s Best Big Band Hits/Bluebird 56630-2
6) Schubert ‘Double Cello’ Quintet Hollywood String Quartet (plus Reher)/Testament 1031
7) Copland: Down a Country Lane Eric Parkin, piano/Silva 1009
8) Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kontakte (1958-60) Private Recording
9) From the film “Chappaqua” (sound from VHS) 1966
10) Meetings Along the Edge (Glass/Shankar collab.) Private Recordings, 2074-2P
11) Wichita Sutra Vortex, Glass performing from Philip Glass Solo Piano/CBS 45576
12) Etude no. 2, see first on list
13) Glassworks, part 6/Philip Glass Ensemble Sony Classical Legacy SK 90304
14) Company, string quartet version/Kronos Quartet Nonesuch 79111
15) Mike Oldfield, Platinum 3&4 from Mike Oldfield Elements 39089
16) Two Pages/ Glass Ensemble (Glass/Reisman) Nonesuch 79236
17) Music in 12 Parts (Part 1)/Glass Ensemble Nonesuch 79324
18) Music in Similar Motion/Glass Ensemble Nonesuch 79326
19) Music in Fifths same as above
20, 21, 22, 23) Einstein on the Beach/Philip Glass Ensemble CBS M4K 38875 24) Satyagraha/New York City Opera (Keene) CBS M3K 39672
25) Akhnaten/Stuttgart State Opera (Davies) CBS M2K 42457
26) The Hours (“I’m Going to Make a Cake”) Nonesuch 79693
27) Secret Agent/English Chamber Orch.(Rabinowitz) Nonesuch 79442
28) The Fog of War, mixed sound from DVD
29) Kundun Soundtrack/Philip on Film Nonesuch 790660
30) End credits: Secret Agent (“Roast Beef”)
Technical Direction by Edward Haber