40′ Mishima Concerto for piano and orchestra by Philip Glass. Arranged by Michael Riesman. From the Original Motion Picture Score for Mishima by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. pf + 2.2.2.2/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str July 7, 2023, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Germany Commissioned by Klavier-Festival Ruhr, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Filharmonie Brno, Residentie Orkest Den Haag, and Dennis Russell Davies. Nicknamed the “M” Concerto, the Mishima Concerto is an arrangement of…
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The Triumph of the Octagon
9’30” Music by Philip Glass. Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association for Riccardo Muti, generously funded by the Helen Zell Commissioning Program. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. 2.2.2.0/0.0.0.0/hp/str September 28-30, 2023 at Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, IL In February 2022 I traveled to Chicago for performances of my Symphony No. 11. It was a thrill to hear…
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Best Out of Three
15′ Music by Philip Glass. Written for saxophonist Jon Gibson. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. solo clarinet and magnetic tape Not available RECORDINGS: Best out of Three on Orange Mountain Music
Music in Eight Parts
20′ Music by Philip Glass. Composed for the Philip Glass Ensemble. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Performed a handful of times in 1970, the manuscript of the piece went missing until the score was rediscovered at Christie’s Auction House in New York City in late 2017. Fifty years later, it has been realized for the Philip Glass Ensemble and is…
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Symphony No. 12 “Lodger”
40′ 1 Fantastic Voyage 2 Move On 3 African Night Flight 4 Boys Keep Swinging 5 Yassassin 6 Repetition 7 Red Sails Music by Philip Glass. From lyrics by David Bowie and Brian Eno. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers 3(2pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2(cbn)/432+btbn.1/timp.9perc/2hp.pno/org/str, Mezzo Soprano (soloist) 10 January 2019 at Walt Disney Concert Hall,…
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String Quartet No. 9 “King Lear”
Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commissioned by Collectif Tana, Bozar, Ars Musica, Le Phénix Scène Nationale Valenciennes, Le Festival Superspective et l’Opéra National de Lyon, Tandem Scène Nationale Arras, Maison de la Culture Bour. 2vn, va, vc TANA Quartet in Brussels, Belgium, at the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar) on January 15, 2022. String Quartet No. 9 at…
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Symphony No. 14 “Liechtenstein Suite”
18′ Music by Philip Glass. Commissioned by the LGT Young Soloists. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. September 17, 2021 – Royal College of Music, London, UK; Alexander Gilman conducting the LGT Young Soloists. Symphony No. 14 at Wise Music Classical RECORDINGS: Symphony No. 14 on Orange Mountain Music
Symphony No. 13
20′ Music by Philip Glass Commissioned for Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (Alexander Shelley, Music Director) in honour of Canadian journalist Peter Jennings by the Jennings Family. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Picc.) 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb (2nd doubling B. Cl.) 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F,3 Trumpets in C 2 Trombones Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion ((2 players), Triangle…
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Circus Days and Nights
105′ An opera by Philip Glass. Based on the book “Circus Days and Nights” by Robert Lax. Music: Philip Glass. Libretto: David Henry Hwang and Tilde Björfors. Direction and concept: Tilde Björfors. Commissioned by Cirkus Cirkör. “Circus Days and Nights” is a co-production between Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera. Premiere: May 28, 2021 in Malmö, Sweden, Malmö Opera and Cirkus Cirkör….
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Elergy for the Present
6′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. piano Dennis Russell Davies at the Ars Electronica Centre, 2020.
