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Waiting for the Barbarians for voices, chorus and orchestra (2005, after the novel by J. M. Coetzee) Philip Glass is one of the world’s most influential, accomplished and revered composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through his vast repertoire of award-winning compositions and wide-ranging collaborations with music creators ranging from Leonard Cohen to David Bowie and Brian Eno, Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of our times.

Les Enfants terribles (1996), Dance Opera for voices and three pianos (1996, after Jean Cocteau's 1929 novel and the 1950 film by Jean-Pierre Melville) Island" (2 flutes, 2 soprano saxophones, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, 2 horns, viola, violoncello, synthesizer) 7:39 The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003) (an interview of Robert McNamara, former U.S. Secretary of Defense)

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Glass loves a trilogy. First the portrait trilogy ( Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten ) and then the David Bowie trilogy – a series of symphonies based on three Bowie albums known as the Berlin Trilogy . Glass combined instrumental pieces from these albums with his own compositions which resulted in a unique collaboration between pop and orchestral music… There are two formulaically identical sections to the movement. Although rhythmically driven, the melodic implications of "Floe" occur somewhat coincidentally by orchestration. There is no modulation, but the harmonic progression simply repeats over and over again. The layering of contrasting timbres is characteristic of the piece as a whole. Floe borrows a theme from Jean Sibelius's fifth symphony. [9] In popular culture [ edit ] Truman Sleeps’ is one of the most popular pieces of music from the film. As Truman closes his eyes, Glass’s beautiful music plays as the camera pans to the audience watching him sleep on TV. It’s not until the camera pans to the studio that we see Glass himself playing the piano. It’s only then we realise the instrumental music we are hearing is actually the score to the fake television show, rather than the movie.

Musiikki | Säveltäjälegenda Philip Glass lainasi Sibeliukselta, unohti Mika Waltarin, palasi Helsinkiin ja kommentoi nyt Cheekin lopettamispäätöstä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2017-11-16 . Retrieved 2023-05-15.This movement has its origins in the film score Koyaanisqatsi, but was ultimately not used in the film; it is often performed as a work in its own right (ISWC T-010.461.089-0). [7] In the Penal Colony for voices and string quintet (2000, libretto after the short story by Franz Kafka)