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"There was a whole new wave of culture forming, and we wanted our music to be part of it."

In "An Hour With Philip Glass," the star-composer reflects on the goals and aspirations of his generation of composers. "We felt left out," says Glass; "there was a whole new wave of culture forming, and we wanted our music to be part of it." Glass talks with Sara Fishko about his early New York days playing for tiny audiences; his apprenticeship to Ravi Shankar; and about the origins of the style of music that created what he calls a "commotion."

Nadia Boulanger More on this composer, conductor and teacher about whom Glass speaks at length

Philip Glass Hour: Playlist

1) Etude no. 9, from “Etudes for Piano,” Vol. I, no. 1-10 Played by Glass/Orange Mountain Music OMM 0009

2) Company, third movement (string orch. version) ulster Orchestra, Yuasa cond./Naxos 559056

3) Secret Agent (“Trust”)/English Chamber Orchestra Nonesuch 79442

4) Roy Acuff: Black Mountain Rag (Tommy Magness) from The Essential Roy Acuff/Columbia Leg. 48956

5) Count Basie: One O’Clock Boogie from America’s Best Big Band Hits/Bluebird 56630-2

6) Schubert ‘Double Cello’ Quintet Hollywood String Quartet (plus Reher)/Testament 1031

7) Copland: Down a Country Lane Eric Parkin, piano/Silva 1009

8) Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kontakte (1958-60) Private Recording

9) From the film “Chappaqua” (sound from VHS) 1966

10) Meetings Along the Edge (Glass/Shankar collab.) Private Recordings, 2074-2P

11) Wichita Sutra Vortex, Glass performing from Philip Glass Solo Piano/CBS 45576

12) Etude no. 2, see first on list

13) Glassworks, part 6/Philip Glass Ensemble Sony Classical Legacy SK 90304

14) Company, string quartet version/Kronos Quartet Nonesuch 79111

15) Mike Oldfield, Platinum 3&4 from Mike Oldfield Elements 39089

16) Two Pages/ Glass Ensemble (Glass/Reisman) Nonesuch 79236

17) Music in 12 Parts (Part 1)/Glass Ensemble Nonesuch 79324

18) Music in Similar Motion/Glass Ensemble Nonesuch 79326

19) Music in Fifths same as above

20, 21, 22, 23) Einstein on the Beach/Philip Glass Ensemble CBS M4K 38875 24) Satyagraha/New York City Opera (Keene) CBS M3K 39672

25) Akhnaten/Stuttgart State Opera (Davies) CBS M2K 42457

26) The Hours (“I’m Going to Make a Cake”) Nonesuch 79693

27) Secret Agent/English Chamber Orch.(Rabinowitz) Nonesuch 79442

28) The Fog of War, mixed sound from DVD

29) Kundun Soundtrack/Philip on Film Nonesuch 790660

30) End credits: Secret Agent (“Roast Beef”)

Technical Direction by Edward Haber