Bryce Dessner: Aheym

Aheym

Bryce Dessner & The Kronos Quartet- Aheym

live audio recording from an instrumental show at the Chapel - fall 2013.

Opening (Philip Glass) Live At Chapel 2013

Metamorphosis Two, from Philip Glass' Solo Piano album composed in 1989. This part is also the theme from the film The Hours and is also used in the film The Thin Blue Line (Houston Skyline).

Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFYPNwEs698

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2 using a sampled Yamaha C7 grand piano, with reverb, delay, and some dark synth.

Updated with a better take on June 13, 2014.

Video

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis Two [piano + synth]

Etude For Piano  No. 5,  composed by Philip Glass in 1994.

Live video: http://youtu.be/2ebI17EIAx0

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Bösendorfer upright piano, with some delay and reverb.

Philip Glass - Etude For Piano No. 5

Live Performance by Li-Chun Hsiao and Alpaca String Ensemble.

Philip Glass: Façades (1981)

'Vantdraught 4' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
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Kuba Kapsa is a Polish pianist and composer being the leader of the avant-jazz combo Contemporary Noise Sextet (2006-2014). Beyond that he is a renowned composer for film and theater plays. His latest venture is the first of a sophisticated series of projects of modern classical music bearing the common title "Vantdraught".

The first part of the "Vantdraught" series was called "Vantdraught 10 · Vol. 1" and featured ten classical instruments - 4 violins, 2 violas, cello, vibraphone, marimba and piano. The now appearing second part is "Vantdraught 4", a quartet album written for violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone and piano. The minimalistic style of Vantdraught 10 is preserved although the music is less repetitive and much more intimate. Instinct and intuition is the main force behind the writing process, usually avoiding typical chord progressions and the classical cadential technique. In contrast to "Vantdraught 10 · Vol. 1", the rhythm domain is also less important, thus allowing the melody and harmony to come to the fore. The pieces of "Vantdraught 4" are mainly tonal music but Kapsa also makes use of atonal and polytonal harmonies which requires the listener to put more effort into listening to these parts. The unusual set of instruments is what makes this quartet album unique and fresh sounding. "Vantdraught 4" is certainly linked to classical and minimal music in general but one can find other influences such as jazz and "new music".

Much like its predecessor, "Vantdraught 4" features an astonishing artwork based on "The Reluctant Conscript" by the seminal artist duo Kahn & Selesnick.


Vantdraught 4

Kuba Kapsa Ensemble - Vantdraught 4 No. 5

Artist : Tambour 
Album : Chapitre II

Listen/Buy :
Bandcamp : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapitre-ii
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/chapitre-ii-ep/id1133272661
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BUY / 12" VINYL : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapitres-vinyl-edition

Composed and produced by Simon P. Castonguay (Tambour)
Piano, glockenspiel, synthesizer, electronics - Simon P. Castonguay
Violon I - Rose Frappier
Violon II - Audrée Leduc
Viola - Mélanie Venditti
Cello - Anaïs Constantin
Mixed and mastered by Pierre Duchesne

Tambour - L'apostrophe

Electric - or perhaps more fittingly electrifying - are the sounds emanating from the loudspeakers.  And all of it is unplugged.  The sounds are created by sonic.art - not only one of the finest saxophone quartets but also perhaps the most compelling chamber music formation anywhere. Featuring works by Philip Glass and Michael Nyman.

Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3 - sonic.art Saxophone Quartet

Philip Glass turns 75, and I’d like to share my solo piano performance of his masterpiece written about 35 years ago: the main theme from Einstein on the Beach. Our intellect refuses to accept the shocking simplicity of the Absolute. We keep searching for something "really serious" and elaborate. By playing this music today I want to say that ultimate wisdom is very simple. Happy birthday Philip!

Philip Glass: Knee 5 (from Einstein on the Beach) performed by Anton Batagov

A quick iPhone recording of one of my favorite Philip Glass compositions. Sorry for the mistakes!

Philip Glass - Opening (from Glassworks)

Philip Glass - Symphony for Eight - Conjunto Ibérico

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Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3 - sonic.art Saxophone Quartet

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