Saturday, September 29, 2007

Glass Night

We went to see Philip Glass perform last night and, oh, my little chickens, it was wonderful. Everything I love about his music with none of the irritating droning monotony that can sometimes slip in. It was just him on piano, a great, great cellist named Wendy Sutter and quirky percussionist named Joe. His music is so hypnotic and fluid. I mentioned earlier, my favorite soundtrack is the one he did for The Hours and he played four pieces from his Metamorphoses which is what the soundtrack was based on. Dazzling.

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  1. I'm so happy for you---how absolutely wonderful! The Hours soundtrack is one of my faves, too. The soundtrack I like best is Kundun, which has Tibetan elements added. I love it!

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  2. He also played a long piece from Naqoyqatsi that was great. I'v enever heard Kundun. I'll go track it down now.

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  3. No spitballs in a fussy pageboy hairdo this time?

    Somehow that might make a good short film, don't you think...
    in slow motion, scored by Glass?

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  4. With the parts of mrpeenee played by Daniel Craig and Spitball Lady by Dame Edna. It certainly sounds like Oscarbait to me.

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  5. Kundun is the Scorsese film about the Dalai Lama. It's a masterpiece, and one of my favorites. Just beautiful, and the Glass score is perfect. You can tell the entire project was a labor of love.

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