Philip Glass joue Mad Rush

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  • @charlesst.george9845
    @charlesst.george9845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    I played this for my grandfather when he was in hospice on my grandmas piano, he was pretty much entirely unresponsive and wouldn’t move or speak but when I played this he opened his eyes and watched and then he said “I love you” to me. It was probably the last music that he heard before passing that same night. Wonderful piece with so much meaning.

    • @ripdbtpoo1441
      @ripdbtpoo1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nikoprieto1 Have been a nice person, you mean. He's dead,even if Americans can't use any form of the word.

    • @patiurco
      @patiurco ปีที่แล้ว +23

      What a story man, thanks for sharing... I almost can imagine the moment 😢. Greetings and love from México ❤🎹🤌🏽

    • @paulscottfilms
      @paulscottfilms ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great , well done.

    • @ericcuellar9549
      @ericcuellar9549 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      :)

    • @alowl450
      @alowl450 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You’re very lucky to be a musician

  • @cliffanderson7931
    @cliffanderson7931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +990

    My brother who passed away a few years ago , was alone most of his life. I found 9 Philip Glass cd's . After listening to this music ,it must have been what gave him peace.

    • @wrightcarl1181
      @wrightcarl1181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @Berliner Stadtschloss maybe he wanted to be alone, we must not be quick to judge 🙏

    • @Hartwig111
      @Hartwig111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@Berliner Stadtschloss knowing better is a specialty that´s rare. For good reason. Tell your mirror. All of it. As soon as it starts to get boring you get a glimpse of what the rest of us is experiencing reading advices for people you have no idea or knowledge about.

    • @karenelizabeth1590
      @karenelizabeth1590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Oh geez, I too have been alone most of my life and I have a pile of Philip Glass CDs! And yes, it does give me peace. And also joy, if that helps.

    • @dabaska787
      @dabaska787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately great start of classical music only get recognized after they died

    • @philenealvarado5008
      @philenealvarado5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Hartwig111 Best come back I've ever read. I was wondering how someone can cast judgement upon someone living in a situation they have Zero knowledge about.

  • @alexiah3073
    @alexiah3073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    I was there, I was only 18 at the time. The man next to me cried the whole time. Me too. It was a huge moment. To this day, it's still the most beautiful thing that has been given to me to see.

    • @naomi6091
      @naomi6091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would've like to be there, I listen to heaven and love with this song.

    • @hannahpumpkins4359
      @hannahpumpkins4359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I saw Glass live the first time in 1982 - then I saw Koyaanisqatsi performed live by him (to the film) in 1986, while I was smoking opium (I shared with the woman sitting next to me - back then no one cared what you did), and it was life-changing. I also went to a number of his lectures, as I have my degree in musi composition...

    • @ChristianWood28
      @ChristianWood28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "given," I love that you have that perspective :)

    • @extanegautham8950
      @extanegautham8950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every time i have that experience, next time i hear some truly great musician/s it repeats itself...Lucky you!

    • @lukescomb
      @lukescomb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for taking out time to comment, I can't return all the love that's been showed to me through these comments ,Thanks for viewing.
      Where are you from?

  • @NostraFnDamus
    @NostraFnDamus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +912

    Just had my first piano lesson today, at the age of 41. My end goal is to be able to play Mad Rush. Wish me luck...

    • @facebyfront
      @facebyfront 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      good luck & keep on! ;)

    • @LaserGryph
      @LaserGryph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The thing about the music of P. Glass is that the figures themselves aren't that complicated. I'd say they're not much more than a grade 4 or 5 most of the time.
      The only thing that makes them hard (for me at least) is keeping track of all the repetitions.

    • @NostraFnDamus
      @NostraFnDamus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@LaserGryph Yeah, I've been making the "It's just the same few notes over and over, how hard could it possibly be?" joke a fair bit. I think the real difficulty won't be the mechanics, but playing it with feeling. Getting it to sound right is the real challenge.

    • @LaserGryph
      @LaserGryph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Nissan370Z Glass
      The three against two in this piece is a bit tricky at first, but it's real simple once you've done it for a couple of minutes.
      Both hands, right hand, left hand, right hand. Then it just repeats.
      BH, RH, LH, RH; BH, RH, LH, RH

    • @windkl
      @windkl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Good luck!!! We are waiting a video of you playing ;)

  • @mitujone
    @mitujone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    How incredible is it that we can hear a composer preform their own work like this? Unbelievably beautiful.

    • @dbneptune
      @dbneptune 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      see Bernstein conducting his own pieces

  • @andreapaul9869
    @andreapaul9869 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    How incredibly privileged are we to be able to listen and watch an amazing living composer play his own work. Just beautiful.

    • @valiken1
      @valiken1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please turn the clapping down at the beginning and end it is deafening

  • @dougbuis5858
    @dougbuis5858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    Played this recording to my dad on his death bed. It was the best thing I could think of playing for him on his journey to the wherever with peace and joy. Thanks forever to Phillip Glass.

    • @mcrettable
      @mcrettable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you chose this?

    • @sailordog1414
      @sailordog1414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @ Doug Buis Heartbreaking and brilliant.

    • @ceinwenbran
      @ceinwenbran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Your Dad was lucky to have you as a son. Good choice of music.

    • @jacobheeren2413
      @jacobheeren2413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😭😭😭

    • @HyonGakSunim
      @HyonGakSunim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Great son. Wow -- what a truly lucky man who left this quotidian existence with this as his wings. Thank you so much for sharing this story! I am already hearing this music differently now.

  • @0fai
    @0fai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    being interrupted by an add while listening to this is terrorizing....

    • @philenealvarado5008
      @philenealvarado5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn't it though!

    • @behelith
      @behelith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Every time that happens that brand/company goes on my blacklist. If everyone would do that we would get rid of publicity pollution in no time.

    • @stepaushi
      @stepaushi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You can use an add blocker, like ABP. You'll see no more adds on YT.

    • @RickStormT
      @RickStormT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If mobile android, check out Vanced. Game changer.

    • @joelwest5541
      @joelwest5541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Always push the red bar to the end and then start over. It removes the adds on TH-cam.

  • @povertyspec9651
    @povertyspec9651 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm a huge PG fan and had seen him play many times since I first saw him live in 1987. He doesn't perform anymore at 86, but he's still writing music. I just saw him in Carnegie Hall a few months back and he was up in the balcony and we waved at each other. I then pumped my fist in the air and he did the same. Love ya PG!

    • @maryouellette2687
      @maryouellette2687 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw him back in 87 or 88 as well.

  • @jpanbe
    @jpanbe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    All the musicians in the orchestra are stunned. You feel something special is happening.

  • @billyboyo2922
    @billyboyo2922 7 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    i saw Philip Glass at a tiny college theater two weeks ago. he walked out and sat at a grand piano and started to play Mad Rush. i instantly started crying. i couldnt believe i was witnessing him perform 10 feet from me.

    • @conmore437
      @conmore437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i cried when he first came on stage too. i shared your feelings : ) i also cried about 6 more times during Music in Twelve Parts. Listening to him live transforms your perception of his music. It's a must!

    • @billyboyo2922
      @billyboyo2922 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      discordant dancers it’s funny you should say that. PG,aphex twin and coltrane are basically my holy trinity.

    • @johannesnicolaas
      @johannesnicolaas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I had the same experience when I heard the end of the first part of the 3th symphony of Gorecki. The moment the soprano started to sing I could feel the tears coming. This was a first for me.

    • @Lgg130
      @Lgg130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i too once cried at an orchestra play in my home town. i couldn't hold my bladder anymore. the feeling of relief was celestial.

    • @guillaumesaintgilles3270
      @guillaumesaintgilles3270 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I cried too when I listened to his interpretation, but not for the same reason...

  • @charleslyall5857
    @charleslyall5857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    A lot of people play Glass's piano music with a certain rigidity. It's great to hear him play with a more organic approach. An undulation of phrase.....a natural ebb and flow.

    • @RPoshekGladbach
      @RPoshekGladbach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It plays with the breath....

    • @nicb4589
      @nicb4589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It’s very meditative and organic in many ways

    • @toddthing
      @toddthing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes, a revelation for me

    • @rom7633
      @rom7633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it's because it's quite hard to play any classical piece with emotion. You've got to learn the piece with perfect technique first before you add emotive phrasing

    • @AugDer
      @AugDer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      undulation is the appropriate word indeed. Wave, water falling.

  • @usfiremankazzo
    @usfiremankazzo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    Merci Mr Glass. Je suis fan depuis ma première écoute il y a vingt ans. J'aurai aimé assisté à l'une de vos représentation, mais ceci est toujours un souhait non réalisé. Celà restera un rêve ... Chapeau bas pour ce grand, grand artiste.

    • @iconoclastforever7065
      @iconoclastforever7065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Je suis d'accord.

    • @rafaeljimenez8022
      @rafaeljimenez8022 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Deberías escuchar Orphee's return. je suis en essayant

    • @Rehearsal3434
      @Rehearsal3434 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I do not have many regrets in my life, but I regret that I will never see Philip Glass perform in person. He was in my town in 2000, and I didn’t go because my boyfriend didn’t want to go.

    • @frederiqueleduc184
      @frederiqueleduc184 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mais tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement.

    • @martinecachia7272
      @martinecachia7272 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mais que dire des études 6 et11 du pur plaisir

  • @aquicktake
    @aquicktake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    My mother died when I was 13 in 1983, and I remember playing Philip's cassette probably a hundred times over the course of the next 6 months. His music will forever transport me.

    • @aquicktake
      @aquicktake 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @mindsync Never got rid of it, but haven't seen it for a few decades. It is somewhere in my childhood bedroom I would suspect.

    • @aquicktake
      @aquicktake 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @mindsync Nah - over at Discogs there are hundreds of his stuff for sale and cassettes seem to be going for $15. How could it be worth millions (other than sentimental?)

  • @gabo3color
    @gabo3color 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    "Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication."

    • @viktorajstein
      @viktorajstein 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      By that logic, Bach was quite an unsophisticated composer, which is just ridiculous.
      I think this music might be peace giving, relaxing, etc., but it really is not good music. And especially not sophisticated.

    • @Oron354
      @Oron354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nooo...

    • @gabrielkaz5250
      @gabrielkaz5250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Obviously, smartness is when you don't reflect in terms of complexity, you just do what's necessary.

    • @adrianwright8685
      @adrianwright8685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Oron354 when you reply it's a good idea to make it clear which comment you are replying to!

    • @Walperion_Music
      @Walperion_Music 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gabrielkaz5250 Brilliant.

  • @Learnerofthings
    @Learnerofthings ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Philip Glass, Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Hania Rani, and the list goes on. I was resistant to modern composers until I heard these folks. I leveled in music appreciation for sure.

    • @felipemury4412
      @felipemury4412 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Irei pesquisar os outros compositores que citou, se forem tão bons quanto Glass, vale a pena ouvir

    • @olarkenesbjug6546
      @olarkenesbjug6546 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@felipemury4412They are not..

    • @nfdhje38743m
      @nfdhje38743m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@olarkenesbjug6546To be fair, none of them are good, including Glass.

    • @Onionbaron
      @Onionbaron 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aarvo Pärt...

    • @King-balloon
      @King-balloon หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@olarkenesbjug6546max richter spring 1 is pretty good though

  • @898orion
    @898orion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    going to the mountains in the night and playing this on my headphones while looking at the stars. Bliss!

    • @BigMike13GR
      @BigMike13GR 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      AbeyMind which mountains?

    • @marbleblue5127
      @marbleblue5127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd be afraid my soul would float off to be with them

    • @stevebuddha8172
      @stevebuddha8172 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like your vibe... I know it was 4 years ago. Hope you enjoyed the hike 🙂

  • @covorca
    @covorca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The expression on the violins face in the background is really what this is

    • @blankname4716
      @blankname4716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      0:38 lol yea I noticed that too

    • @IanJTaylor
      @IanJTaylor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best seat in the house

  • @Gitfiddle
    @Gitfiddle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This man has had such an enormous impact on the art of the 20th century and the man on the street has no idea who he is. We literally live in a world that’s been shaped by Phil Glass.

  • @francoisbasquin6974
    @francoisbasquin6974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    La musique de Philip Glass m'accompagne depuis plus de 40 ans... Je l'avais découvert par une radio communautaire (en fait, la radio de l'école), ainsi que Wim Mertens (Soft Verdict).

    • @ascensionjimenez567
      @ascensionjimenez567 ปีที่แล้ว

      Igual me pasó a mí. Un gran profesional y conocedor de la MÚSICA me lo dio a conocer a mí en España.

  • @markv74
    @markv74 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    One of those pieces that stick with you for life...exhilarating

    • @jamescecil3563
      @jamescecil3563 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re easily pleased

    • @markv74
      @markv74 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamescecil3563 woaw....frustrated much?

  • @stevenbastien9028
    @stevenbastien9028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The orchestra members had the best seats in the house, and their faces say all that needs to be said about this performance.

    • @cherfr6
      @cherfr6 ปีที่แล้ว

      that goes too easily without saying

  • @ricucci-hillmusic
    @ricucci-hillmusic ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Something about how the piano resonates creates this almost pseudo-orchestral or choral shimmer to the piece. One of my favorite performances by one of my favorite composers

  • @saintepatience
    @saintepatience 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Le maître, le boss, le magicien de l'harmonie, un orchestre à lui tout seul

  • @PavelDGromnic
    @PavelDGromnic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    This really blows my socks right off. It's so beautiful. And a joy to watch the composer. Watch his beautiful hands.We are truly blessed to have lived in an age when Philip Glass composed and played so wondrously.

    • @pepegreenos4359
      @pepegreenos4359 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yaaass. stalin....yaaasd

    • @Divymak
      @Divymak 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Pavel Gromnic take that horrible pic of stalin off please. he doesn´t deserve it. Its propaganda of the madest man ever.

    • @jalmarivartola2286
      @jalmarivartola2286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      By that logic eating a burger is anti-vegan propaganda.

    • @PavelDGromnic
      @PavelDGromnic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry if I offend you. I'm a believer. I think that the chaos we see today is because he was not successful. He didn't go far enough.

    • @Atanu
      @Atanu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Talking of Stalin reminds me of that limerick that Robert Conquest wrote:
      There was a great Marxist called Lenin
      Who did two or three million men in
      That's a lot to have done in
      But where he did one in,
      That grand Marxist Stalin did ten in.

  • @TheEvilBere
    @TheEvilBere ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I had a bad day today and I am literally crying while listening. It is so beautiful.

  • @pgtips9824
    @pgtips9824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    3 ads in a piece like that is criminal.

  • @aveteve
    @aveteve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I loved the woman in the cello beside him. She's actually feeling it.

  • @marccano5061
    @marccano5061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There's a meditative quality to his music. When I first it stopped me on my tracks. It's mystical in such a fast moving world. It conjured up so many emotions I didn't,and I still don't have the language to express.

  • @davidmayhew8083
    @davidmayhew8083 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The most beautiful and saddest music I've ever heard. I love you Phillip Glass.

  • @lf8177
    @lf8177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This music either touches you or it does not. Too bad for you if you're not feeling it. I am from the boogie-down Bronx, and I love this man's music. I know what I like! I will be following any upcoming performances and if I have to travel to have the experience, so be it!!!!

  • @petersmith5811
    @petersmith5811 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is just the most divine, sweetest and poignant music ever composed! Brings me to tears every time I hear it! Phillip Glass is a true genius and master musician. The members of the orchestra seated nearby exude awe and reverence - rightly so! I for one feel truly blessed and grateful to have come across Phillip's music. He touches my heart and soul!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @echodelta7923
    @echodelta7923 8 ปีที่แล้ว +864

    Somebody's soul is invisible, but sometimes you can hear it.

    • @madelinewhite9501
      @madelinewhite9501 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +

    • @burgessawaits9908
      @burgessawaits9908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      too bad for deaf people huh?

    • @jimmycrackkorn93
      @jimmycrackkorn93 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ask Ludwig Van Beethoven

    • @boyisun
      @boyisun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +jimmycrackkorn93
      Beethoven's inner hearing was incredibly well. If he could see the score, he would be able to hear this in his head.

    • @rotateb4gearup
      @rotateb4gearup 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s very good said🤗

  • @thegiddyjoy
    @thegiddyjoy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    The way that lady looks that him in the background...
    my face the whole time

    • @conmore437
      @conmore437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he knows how a make a lady wet

    • @davidbecker4900
      @davidbecker4900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What a face! And she is perfectly framed in the background.

    • @marc-andremorin7774
      @marc-andremorin7774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@conmore437 She is a musician. Spiritual connection has nothing to do with body fluids...

    • @wm.d.nelson4912
      @wm.d.nelson4912 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marc-andremorin7774 Nope, but it has everything to do with piano fluids!

    • @philenealvarado5008
      @philenealvarado5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wm.d.nelson4912 Dumb remark!

  • @AjaySharma-me1sy
    @AjaySharma-me1sy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The first I heard of Philip Glass was Metamorphosis in Person of Interest. Since then I have only grown in my admiration for the flow in his music. It feels as if the music of nature, effortless if you don't look at the artist performing it. It is a rare quality among musicians to make the music more natural. Everyone has their own taste and their own soul. This kind of music comes when your soul is one with the universe.

  • @YeshouaProduction
    @YeshouaProduction 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    C'est fantastique ! La plus belle version, la vraie, celle de celui qui l'a composée ! Merci pour ce moment de grâce !

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What makes good music?
    Is it just the notes, rhythms and harmonies?
    Glass creates music that really focuses on the "something beyond".

  • @nmariana8
    @nmariana8 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    He makes me cry, it's so just and beautiful

    • @excelsior999
      @excelsior999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Listen to the "Opening" and "Closing" movements from his composition "Glassworks," Mariana. And have a box of tissues handy.

    • @lukescomb
      @lukescomb ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for taking out time to comment, I can't return all the love that's been showed to me through these comments ,Thanks for viewing.
      Where are you from?

  • @Certifier
    @Certifier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My brother played this beautifully at my grandmother's funeral. It was on a full grand in a church, and it sounded truly breathtaking. Maybe it was because it was a sad day, but it really brought me to tears. Every time I hear it now, I get emotional. Thank you Philip Glass.

  • @a011996
    @a011996 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This piece is beyond every possible description. It's like the entire cosmos all together. intriguing, impossible to understand and never ending. Bravo, Philip, Bravo !

  • @MH-il1lk
    @MH-il1lk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He deserved every clap and cheer after that beautiful performance.

  • @musicfanBRA
    @musicfanBRA ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is so much expression and feeling in the way he performs. Far from being repetitive, we can hear so much melancholy, resignation, wisdom.

  • @juliancampa8690
    @juliancampa8690 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This in the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

  • @lalanterne4751
    @lalanterne4751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Complètement fan de philip Glass depuis toujours

  • @alejandros2191
    @alejandros2191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Once you've started listening to this piece, it's just impossible to stop. Mesmerising!

  • @LucyToner
    @LucyToner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So touching the passionate looks on the faces of the musicians. deeply moving even as a recording, just imagine sitting right there.

  • @sailordog1414
    @sailordog1414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Such reverence from the entire orchestra!

  • @Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX
    @Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX ปีที่แล้ว +4

    its incredible how much expression can be achieved with simple arpeggios and a piano...

  • @sergiochavez6141
    @sergiochavez6141 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow! I saw him in Guanajuato, here in Mexico, strong wind blowing in his hair, rain, i worship him 🌺💜🌺

  • @Sarasapien
    @Sarasapien 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "Somebody's soul is invisible, but sometimes you can hear it." - Echo Delta, what a beautiful thing said. I go to another world whenever I listen to Philip Glass. I do not understand how this performance has received 277 thumbs down. May he live on for many more years to come.

    • @leslyelang3990
      @leslyelang3990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His music is magic, unearthly. This piece is the beginning of his opera, Ahknaten. I saw/heard it at the Live at the Met performance, and I had to see it twice. Unforgettable

  • @turnright1131
    @turnright1131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This punches you right in the heart and then sooothes it. Bloody Bravo!

  • @OdinLimaye
    @OdinLimaye ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The facial expressions and reactions from the orchestra members say it all.

  • @brunocostapiano
    @brunocostapiano 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's always a pleasure to see the composer playing his own music

  • @jeppesteen925
    @jeppesteen925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love the expressions and emotions from the artists behind him

  • @chananellmckereghan906
    @chananellmckereghan906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I very fondly remember Philip Glass playing some of his beautiful solo piano works beautifully with my son (who also loves music) for The High Performance Rodeo of One Yellow Rabbit (I think it was 2002 or 2003). It was one of my most special moments with my son; we were both transported by the music and the person of Philip Glass. My son, being the great son that he is, bought Philip's CD ("Etudes for piano'" (Vol 1) and gave it to me as a birthday gift that year. I listen to it daily (along with a weekly listening to Philip's "The Song of the Trilogy". Thank you Philip and the Maison Symphonique for this which I have bookmarked.

  • @annie1543
    @annie1543 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cette musique est délicieusement assouplissante ; je sens que je vais bien dormir cette nuit, et faire des rêves suaves .

  • @larswetterstrom7209
    @larswetterstrom7209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Yes the music is repetitious. It has the pulse of life.......the expression of things alive. And from there you reach out or reach back according to the phase of the moon... Yes there is also a stillness in the music indicating the shortness of life and the closeness of death which is the human predicament.

  • @Adara007
    @Adara007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely beautiful composition, and being played by Philip Glass himself - perfection!

  • @Umbruma
    @Umbruma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    This song is a lifetime . the hapiness and sadness , the LIFE, that breathes in and out thoughout the piece and slowly reaches it's end like we all will one day . Those last 3 minutes leave your soul emotion'd out

    • @PabloEColorado
      @PabloEColorado 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I see a man who has hit 80. One has a new found feeling about life and one's mortality

  • @Onionbaron
    @Onionbaron ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching the musicians, their faces express more than my words ever could...

  • @dominiquebougon802
    @dominiquebougon802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Quelle jolie mélodie, quelle douceur, quel calme . . . merci monsieur Glass

  • @rogerhonore
    @rogerhonore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    c'est la première fois que je vois Phil Glass! Merci.

  • @ankhyewk1069
    @ankhyewk1069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This guy composed the most powerful opera. He changed the structure of the traditional opera. So i dare to say that Akhnaten is the greatest composition of all time. Listening to Akhnaten is a uplifting experience. Thank you Philip Glass!

  • @jdpbili
    @jdpbili 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For me, one of the best composers today....

  • @paulfornal
    @paulfornal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This brought me to tears... listening while reading some of the comments.. truly beautiful music

  • @PJGRAND
    @PJGRAND 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fantastic its always great to hear the Composer playing their own music because you get the authentic version.

  • @zenmidas
    @zenmidas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Philip Glass' performance may not be as technical as that of other performers (and I certainly love Branka Parlich's interpretation), yet there is something inexplicably magical when listening to the MAN himself that makes me watch this video over and over again. I can't explain it but I know I'll be back for more.

    • @BuckshotLaFunke1
      @BuckshotLaFunke1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My feelings exactly. Ten years ago I heard him perform live. There were quite a few pianists in the audience, and I heard one whisper: 'My gosh, he takes liberties I would not dare!'

    • @iMilanSpinka
      @iMilanSpinka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@BuckshotLaFunke1 I think the non-virtuosity actually makes the music even better in some way.

    • @BuckshotLaFunke1
      @BuckshotLaFunke1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was lucky enough not only to hear Glass play live, but also to attend a press conference with him earlier that day. He was very kind and serious, yet humorous. Afterwards I talked two minutes with him, and again he was very pleasant. Perhaps his devotion to Buddhism is of importance here.

    • @romistegen3428
      @romistegen3428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My opinion is : it's the worst interpretation I heard...But I like his music and those chord changes (among many other easy listening tunes)

    • @leoniericcio1204
      @leoniericcio1204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's extremely difficult! He play quavers on left hand and triplets on his right hand. It is very difficult and as a musician I can't do it

  • @clauded3220
    @clauded3220 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Quel grand moment de grâce ! ❤

  • @markwheeler9072
    @markwheeler9072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is such a compelling concert . . . particularly for Glass fans such as myself . . . full of emotion,sensitivity, love . . .this music revives my spirit . . thank you Maestro Glass.

  • @asuarag7989
    @asuarag7989 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So simple yet so sophisticated!....listening to it over and over again. Thanks Maestro.

    • @excelsior999
      @excelsior999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It just sounds simple. Try playing one of his several études in which the treble and bass clefs are often in different time signatures.

  • @duncancarlson8817
    @duncancarlson8817 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful...can't stop playing over and over. Bravo!

  • @sarataylor885
    @sarataylor885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I discovered Philip Glass as a lonely teenager in the mid 1980s. My family had just moved from one end of England to the other. I couldn't explain why I loved it so much, I just know that the music fills your head with a magnificent sense of peace. He makes me feel so complete. I love him.

  • @nikoprieto1
    @nikoprieto1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Vi a Philip en Bogotá, Colombia. Ver que en este video pasa su mano derecha sobre su mano izquierda para alcanzar esas solitarias notas bajas, exactamente igual a como recuerdo haberlo visto acá, es muy emocionante, lloré.

  • @extanegautham8950
    @extanegautham8950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love how intently and seemingly admiringly that violinist with the best seat in the house is watching ....

  • @antosdc
    @antosdc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great composer and musician, I would stay hours to see him playing.

  • @serdar_ozmen
    @serdar_ozmen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You just can't skip or forward it...Amazing..

  • @ARG750
    @ARG750 8 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    What strikes me the most is the expression of the other musicians. They look at Glass and his peformance with such reverence, pleasure, and admiration - they seem to be truly enjoying the privileged position in which they are.

    • @cleynpiercke7507
      @cleynpiercke7507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They are just bored, waiting for their part to play that never comes.

    • @jeffreyrowlands3303
      @jeffreyrowlands3303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They are thinking "how come this jerk, this impostor is taking centre stage and probably a fat fee while we have to sit around waiting the drivel to be over"

    • @sportsmediaamerica
      @sportsmediaamerica 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jeffreyrowlands3303 You got it, dude. Amazing how dupable people are. It's the musical version of "The Emperor's New Clothes."

    • @djmotise
      @djmotise 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Um, no they aren't.

    • @REDEEMERWOLF
      @REDEEMERWOLF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jeffreyrowlands3303 Are you a musician? You clearly don't appreciate the music.

  • @ljiljanabrkic-tasic7448
    @ljiljanabrkic-tasic7448 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoy this wonderful music Divno, Divno

  • @helenemccann1744
    @helenemccann1744 8 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I was blessed to be invited to that show. What a beautiful gift. It was absolutly amazing !

    • @fokkenfokker5216
      @fokkenfokker5216 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i want to see him at least 1 time in my life but.. u know life sux...

    • @Atanu
      @Atanu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky you. I had the great fortune to be at one of Philip Glass's concerts at the Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley. It was "The Monsters of Grace" program. A red-letter day in my life.

    • @excelsior999
      @excelsior999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FOKKEN. Move to New York. I have been following his career for decades and have seen him with his ensemble the Brooklyn Academy of Music. I have also seen him several times taking curtain call bows after his works were played at Carnegie Hall, B.A.M. and, just last week, in David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. He signed my program at a concert featuring some of his works for brass and woodwinds at Weil Recital Hall. All of those performances were Sold Out.

  • @tomt5745
    @tomt5745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I cry every time i hear Mad Rush. PG is a genious. It hits harder than anything

  • @SesameCake
    @SesameCake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It is an immense breath of fresh air to finally listen to something that is so simplistic and delicate. We are constantly plastered throughout the day with loud and gaudy sounds, from the deafening wails of the radio, to the humming buzz of the TV, it is almost impossible to find a moment’s rest. There is a time where I and I assume most people need to unplug from all this unrelenting noise; from the crunching noises of grind core and screams of metal and rock. To surround ourselves with silence or minimal, ambient music we are not denying the outside world but escaping for a transient breath of fresh air to the top of the water where we can take a step back and observe life in its infinite bliss. I think introspective and minimal music allows us to think clearly and to see the bigger and grander picture. It is not scary to unplug and listen to the cadence of the trees, whistle of the wind or the sound of a beautiful solitary piano, it is sublimely cathartic.

  • @blackfootelite2800
    @blackfootelite2800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of these days I will hear Philip glass live and I know I’ll be sobbing, I love u u changed my musical perception

  • @marcela77777
    @marcela77777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I listen and dream...
    I love this music of Maestro Philip Glass !
    Absolutely perfect performance.
    Thank you, my dear Maestro! 👏
    With sincerely, Marcela

  • @myfavemango
    @myfavemango 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So many years later and I still come back to this specific video. It's transcendent in every way.

  • @mesanges1298
    @mesanges1298 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gratitude infini du fond du cœur à Monsieur
    Philip Glass magicien guérisseur de nos âme 🙏💓🕊🌏

  • @filipebsa1243
    @filipebsa1243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have been a fan for years... this man made me want to play the piano.

  • @helderfarinha879
    @helderfarinha879 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have heard it many times. I cannot get tired. I come here when I need to calm down, when the anxiety wants to take over... This is music and treatment for the soul. Pure therapy.

  • @anniestrong3096
    @anniestrong3096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have been a great fan of Philip Glass for years, Love all his music and I agree with everything De Profundis has written below.

  • @thejimdoherty
    @thejimdoherty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This is probably my favorite performance of this piece I've heard. On the CD version (on the "Solo Piano" CD), the changes in tempo and volume are much more delineated, sometimes calling attention to themselves. On the other hand, in the recording in this video, Glass reigns it in a bit, and instead of adding volume in the more expansive parts, adds a fuller depth in the bottom range of the piano, exchanging that fuller sound for the bigger volume on the CD version.

    • @jacquesbrien337
      @jacquesbrien337 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thejimdoherty j.

    • @jacquesbrien337
      @jacquesbrien337 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thejimdoherty j’me

    • @adamwtw3108
      @adamwtw3108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is this the only place that this version lives?

  • @HosWayner
    @HosWayner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He is a master, I so glad to have discovered this video!

  • @fernandosimois4214
    @fernandosimois4214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Es simplemente sublime. No tengo mas que agradecimientos. Como me gustaria conocerlo.

  • @allrik7284
    @allrik7284 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Magnifique !!! Cette musique transcende, dépasse, éclaire. Intemporelle et hors du temps, elle vous transperce de part en part et fait ressurgir les émotions les plus profondes, les plus cachées.

  • @MarkSeibold
    @MarkSeibold 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Perfection! Flawless ultimate musicianship! And Philip Glass is better than ever in his 78th year!

  • @heathermorris2364
    @heathermorris2364 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just stunningly beautiful music❤ played with a butterfly touch

  • @budbundy1552
    @budbundy1552 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Simply amazing

  • @Laura-ef3kw
    @Laura-ef3kw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a gift to have been in that audience. My new favorite composer.

  • @TJMalana
    @TJMalana 9 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    The woman in the background at 4:16 looks like she's going to tear up. I would be tearing up too. In fact if you look at the people in the orchestra 4:16 you see how moved they are.

    • @geraldinekbsuika5696
      @geraldinekbsuika5696 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TJ Malana It's not great to listen to this because it's too naze

    • @excelsior999
      @excelsior999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TJ - Everyone in that auditorium, especially the musicians, knew that something special was happening. It was one of those Magical Moments when Time simply stops.

    • @123rebelo
      @123rebelo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I noticed the same woman at 0:41... when she close eyes

    • @1987ulise
      @1987ulise 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Could be the emotion to see playing ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSER of the second half of the XX Century, I guess.

    • @aaronb1485
      @aaronb1485 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No wonder its a beautiful peice

  • @capyargentino
    @capyargentino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    he's an excellent pianist! I wish I could play the piano like him

  • @dadn5299
    @dadn5299 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This piece makes me tear up and get goosebumps, especially at the coda

  • @bodhisoha
    @bodhisoha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All the key turning points in my life have had Philip Glass's music as the backdrop. As a Tibetan Buddhist, Mr. Glass knows exactly how to go right for the heart chakra. His music has made me fall in love (One Thousand Airplanes on the Roof) , and allowed to grieve (Kundun). It has awakened my intellectual curiosity (Einstein on the Beach) and taught me how to still my mind (Piano Solos). If you give his music a chance, Philip Glass will teach you how to become best friends with the person you know least -- yourself.