When PT host Fred Child recently asked Philip Glass what the experience of composing is all about, Glass had a quick answer. "It's about fear," he said jokingly. If that's true, then Glass has been living with fear for three quarters of a century. He turns 75 today. In today's show, we'll have a tribute to this iconic American composer and hear highlights from the world premiere of his Ninth Symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Philip Glass: The Secret Agent
La Pieta, Angele Dubeau, violin and leader
Anthony Holborne: Galliard No. 3 (The Fairy Round)
Goran Sollscher, guitar
Engelbert Humperdinck: Prayer, from Hansel and Gretel
Ryan Anthony, trumpet, Gary Beard, organ
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Claude Debussy: Puck's Dance, from Preludes, Book 1
Conrad Tao, piano
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Philip Glass: First movement from Symphony No. 9
The Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fourth movement from Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 (Serioso)
The Emerson String Quartet
Franz Schubert: Impromptu No. 4 in F Minor, D. 935
Paul Lewis, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Germaine Tailleferre: Third movement from Harp Sonata
Valerie Milot, harp
Ansermet Studio, Geneva, Switzerland
Leo Brouwer: Ballad of the Young Girl in Love, from the Black Decameron
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes for Orchestra
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands National Youth Choir, James Gaffigan, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Johann Sebastian Bach (Arranged by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart): Fugue No. 3 in E, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, K. 405
The Emerson String Quartet
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, New York City
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