Sound of Silence (arr. for solo piano)
2007
Info
5′
Music by Paul Simon.
Arranged for solo piano by Philip Glass.
Instrumentation
piano
Premiere
May 22, 2007 in Washington D.C. at the Warner Theater.
Synopsis
As part of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song which was awarded to Paul Simon on May 22, 2007, Philip Glass performed his arrangement of Simon’s famous song “The Sound of Silence.” The performance, including the Glass piece, was broadcast nationally on PBS.