Company, Philip Glass

[saundersbp]

A bit of minimalism, I especially like the 4th section.

 

[losthobos]

Yes .... especially PtIV.....though I had to go to YouTube to find it....PtI opened but rest did not follow on from this link.....haunting and refreshing at same time......

 

[Tom]

PtlV? Very interesting Ben, thanks. I usually run for the hills faster than a classical player who sees Yankovic when I see the name Philip Glass but I listened to the whole thing with an open mind and it was…..ambient. I kind of get it.

 

[PeterF]

Lovely! I've always thought that Phil Glass' music sits particularly well on accordion. Thanks for sharing!

 

[saundersbp]

.... especially PtIV.....though I had to go to YouTube to find it....PtI opened but rest did not follow on from this link.....haunting and refreshing at same time......

Ow sorry about that, I'm not sure how to share youtube playlists on here, so here are all 4 parts:

I usually run for the hills faster than a classical player who sees Yankovic when I see the name Philip Glass but I listened to the whole thing with an open mind and it was…..ambient. I kind of get it.

Yeah its not musical comedy but with an open mind

Lovely! I've always thought that Phil Glass' music sits particularly well on accordion. Thanks for sharing!

I think so too. I did Mishima last year


I think next year I'll have a go at the first Etude, accordionists seem to play the sixth and not much else, enough reason enough to explore fresh pastures!

 

[PeterF]

Ow sorry about that, I'm not sure how to share youtube playlists on here, so here are all 4 parts:







Yeah its not musical comedy but with an open mind


I think so too. I did Mishima last year


I think next year I'll have a go at the first Etude, accordionists seem to play the sixth and not much else, enough reason enough to explore fresh pastures!

I've played parts of Mishima with the accordion quartet I play with, Bachtopus. And we do version of Japura River too. Great fun to play.

We were inspired by this group who have a whole album of PG music. I think it's a duo, but details about the players and the instruments are sketchy.

Plays Philip Glass on Accordion, by What Capitalism Was

9 track album

what-capitalism-was.bandcamp.com

 

[debra]

Very well played (in all these videos btw) but I cannot help felling that all music by Philip Glass sounds so much alike that once you heard one I feel you heard them all. I know, that may be what minimal music causes in general, but still... I have one arrangement of a work by Glass (arranged for accordion quintet) and I don't feel the need for another.

 

[saundersbp]

Very well played (in all these videos btw) but I cannot help felling that all music by Philip Glass sounds so much alike that once you heard one I feel you heard them all.

Thanks very much Paul, that's kind. I used to be anti Philip Glass for what I thought was the same reason, however once I delved deeper I changed my mind.

Here are some examples:

From an opera (audiences went crazy about it earlier this year)


and a foray into pop music I especially like



Like most things though, they are better live with a sense of place rather than on youtube!