compositions
Glass Pieces
1983

Info

26′

Music by Philip Glass.
Choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers

Instrumentation

2(pic).2.2.2tsx.2 2.2.1+btbn.1 perc pf.syn str

Notes

Choroegrapher Jerome Robbins mashes concepts from postmodern dance into the traditional ballet vocabulary, infusing the work with a distinctly urban energy. The reoccuring rhythms, continuous momentum, and endlessly shifting patterns of the ensemble combine to create a physical architecture for Glass’s music. Glass Pieces uses Philip Glass’ ‘Rubric’ and ‘Façades’ from Glassworks and excerpts from his opera Akhnaten. It premiered in 1983 with New York City Ballet.

Video

Scores

Glass Pieces at Wise Music Classical