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Spuren Der Verirrten (The Lost)

Opera in three acts for singers, actors, dancers, chorus and orchestra. Music by Philip Glass. Libretto based on the work by Peter Handke adapted by Rainer Mennicken. Sung in German. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commissioned by Landestheater Linz for the official Opening of the New Upper Austrian Opera House. A – Male Dancer B – Female Dancer C –…
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Streets Of Berlin

2’35” Music by Philip Glass. Lyrics by Martin Sherman. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. n, harp, bcl, dbass, tpt, tambourine, basss synth, snare drum, cymbal, 2 vln, vla, vc, piano, vox Streets of Berlin at Wise Music Classical Greta’s Song at MusicRoom.com RECORDINGS: Punishing Kiss on Decca FILMS: Bent by Sean Mathias

String Quartet No. 1

16′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. 2vn, va, vc 1986, by The Kronos Quartet. String Quartet No.1 (Score) at MusicRoom.com String Quartet No.1 (Parts) at MusicRoom.com

Partita No. 2 for Solo Cello

Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. cello Premiered June 22, 2017 at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts by cellist Matt Haimovitz. RECORDINGS: Partita No. 2 for Solo Cello

Partita No. 1 for Solo Cello (Songs & Poems)

27′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. cello February 13, 2007 at the Howard Gilman Performance Space of the Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York. A seven movement work for solo cello dedicated to cellist Wendy Sutter premiered in New York in January 2007. Originally based on the music of Glass’ film score to “Chaotic Harmony.” RECORDINGS: Partitas…
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Sound Of A Voice

65′ Music by Philip Glass. Text by David Henry Hwang. The Sound of a Voice explores how intimacy is achieved between people who have lived in seclusion. In the first part, an aging Japanese warrior arrives at the home of a mysterious woman who lives like a hermit deep in the woods. Has he come as her suitor, or her…
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Sound of Silence (arr. for solo piano)

5′ Music by Paul Simon. Arranged for solo piano by Philip Glass. piano May 22, 2007 in Washington D.C. at the Warner Theater. 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,…
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Six Hundred Lines

20′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. PGE 600 Lines and How Now were the first compositions written for the Philip Glass Ensemble which began to rehearse and perform regularly in 1968. The purpose of this early ensemble music was two-fold — first, to extend and develop the music I had begun in 1965 based on repetitive…
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Songs From Liquid Days

40′ Music by Philip Glass. Lyrics by David Byrne, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson, and Suzanne Vega. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Changing Opinion: voice, flute, and piano Lightning: voice, piano (or voice, flute , soprano sax and tenor sax) Freezing: voice and piano (or string quartet) Liquid Days: voice and piano Open the Kingdom: voice and piano Forgetting: voice and…
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Songs Of Milarepa

25′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Commissioned by the Sagra Musicale Umbra Festival. Soloist(s): Baritone; Orchestration: 2 + pic.22 + bcl.2/2200/hp.pf/perc.chm/str Septmeber 13, 1997 in Perugia, Italy. Songs of Milarepa at Wise Music Classical