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Four Movements for Two Pianos

25′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commissioned by the Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2008. 2 pianos Pianists Dennis Russell Davies & Maki Namekawa premiered Philip Glass’ “Four Movements for Two Pianos” on July 7, 2008. Four Movements for Two Pianos at Wise Music Classical RECORDINGS: Glass Piano Music on Orange Mountain Music Minimalist Dream House – Katia &…
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Fourth Series [Parts 1 – 4]

Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commissioned by Radio Bremen, Holland Festival and Festival Saint-Denis. For chorus and organ, for solo organ, for violin and clarinet and for solo organ. Some of these pieces were used in Modern Love Waltz, Mad Rush and Dance. COMPOSITIONS: Dance Nos. 1-5 Mad Rush Modern Love Waltz

Fantastic Four

Directed by Josh Trank. Music by Marco Beltrami & Philip Glass. Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy. August 4, 2015.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher

90′ Music by Philip Glass. Libretto by Arthur Yorinks based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commissioned by the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA and the Kentucky Opera. S, 2T, Bar, B- 1(picc).0.1.1/1.0.0.0/elec.guit./1 perc (SD, TD, BD, tam-t, tamb, cym, tgl, wdbl, maracas)/ syn/ str (2.1.1.1.1) May 18, 1988 at the American Repertory Theater,…
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Fifty Fifty Chance

2’30” Music and Lyrics by Suzanne Vega. String arrangement by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. guitar, voice, violins, cello, viola RECORDINGS: Days of Open Hand on A & M

Les Enfants Terribles

95′ A dance-opera spectacle adapted from the work of Jean Cocteau by Philip Glass and Susan Marshall. Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commisioned by Steps ’96, MIGROS Switzerland – Cultural Commitment. S, Mz, T, Bar; 3 Grand Pianos (or 3 digital Pianos) Theatre Casino, Zug, Switzerland, May 18, 1996. Dancers and singers share the stage in…
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Etudes for Solo Piano

Études for Solo Piano, Book 1: Nos. 1-10 Études for Solo Piano, Book 2: Nos. 11-20 1994-2012 Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. The original six etudes were written for Dennis Russell Davies and Achyn Freyer on the occasion of Davies’ 50th birthday. Glass composed an additional four for himself to expand his own piano technique, occasionally…
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Façades

7′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. 2 soprano sax, viola, cello; synthesizer doubles va/vc The music was originally intended for the Koyaanisqatsi film. The visual montage it accompanied consisted of scenes from New York’s Wall Street on a Sunday morning. Façades at Wise Music Classical COMPOSITIONS: Glassworks RECORDINGS: DancePieces on Sony Masterworks Glass Masters on Sony…
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Echorus

7′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Written for Edna Mitchell and Yehudi Menuhin. two solo violins and string orchestra (2 vln, va, vc, db) Echorus (derived from the word echo), was composed in the winter of 1994-95 for Edna Mitchell and Yehudi Menuhin. The piece is in A-B-A form and appears as a chaconne. The soloists…
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Einstein On The Beach

270′ Created with Robert Wilson. Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. 2 female and 1 male actors; 1 child (speaking roles): SATB chamber chorus (16) amp S; fl (pic, bcl), fl (ssx), tsx (asx)/ 2syn July 25, 1976 by the PGE at the Festival d’Avignon. First in a Glass Trilogy of operas about men who changed the…
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