Glass's Facades

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

The music of pioneering art musician Philip Glass is instantly recognizable for its minimalist, repetitive structures. Tonight, hear his best-known work: Facades. It was originally composed for a sequence within Godfrey Reggio's 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi featuring the buildings of Wall Street, but didn't make the final cut of the film. As a result, it wasn't released until almost ten years later, when it appeared on his album Glassworks. Also, music by Duke Ellington, William C. White, and Benjamin Britten.

Also Featured Tonight:

Arvo Part / "Spiegel im Spiegel" (Mirror in the Mirror)
Lou Harrison / Suite No. 2 for Strings
Bohuslav Martinu / Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Frederick Delius / "Appalachia"

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