Glassworks
(1981) 40'

Music by Philip Glass

CAST:

2fl, 2ssx (cl), 2tsx (bcl), 2hn, pf/ syn, vla, vc

NOTES:

Music composed for the Glassworks recording. Each movement can be performed separately.

I. Opening (piano (hn)) 6'
II. Floe (2fl, 2 ssx, 2 tsx, 2hn, syn) 7'
III. Islands (2fl, 2 ssx, tsx, bcl, 2hn, vla, vc) 8'
IV. Rubric (fl, ssx, tsx, 2hn, org) 6'
V. Façades (2ssx, syn, vla, vc) 7'
VI. Closing (fl, cl, bcl, hn, vla, vc, pno) 6'

Glassworks was my debut record on CBS. This music was written for the recording studio, though a number of the pieces soon found their way into the Ensemble repertory. A six-"movement" work, Glassworks was intended to introduce my music to a more general audience than had been familiar with it up to then.

— Philip Glass

PUBLISHER:

Dunvagen Music Publishers

AVAILABLE SCORES:

• Glassworks at ChesterNovello.com
• Opening at ChesterNovello.com
• Glassworks (full score) at MusicRoom.com

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• Circles on Materiali Sonori
• DancePieces on Sony Masterworks
• Philip Glass Film Scores on Orange Mountain Music
• Glass Masters on Sony Masterworks
• Glass Reflections on Orange Mountain Music
• Glassworks on Sony Masterworks
• Obras Maestras / Oeuvres Majeures on Sony
• Minimal Piano Works, Volume 1 on Piano Productions
• Music from Dunvagen on Dunvagen Music Publishers
• Piano Music of Philip Glass on Roméo Records
• Piano Music on Pianovox
• The Essential Philip Glass on Sony Masterworks
• Music from The Hours (Solo Piano) on Orange Mountain Music
• The Hours on Nonesuch
• Philip Glass: Up Close on Orange Mountain Music

RELATED FILMS:

• Four American Composers: Philip Glass by Peter Greenaway
• Looking Glass by Éric Darmon

CATEGORIES:

Chamber