Perpetulum / Philip Glass.
Material type: MusicPublisher number: 0132 | Orange Mountain MusicPublisher: [East Hampton, New York] : Orange Mountain Music, [2019]Copyright date: ℗2019Description: 2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Producer, Jesse Lewis.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | CLASSICAL Third Coast Percussion | Available | 33111009518362 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This release from Third Coast Percussion, on Philip Glass' Orange Mountain Music label, breaks new ground in several respects, which is no mean feat for its seemingly indestructible, octogenarian principal. The big news is that Glass himself, after all these years, contributes Perpetulum, a piece for percussion ensemble that is apparently his first one ever. This may seem strange for a composer for whom the rhythmic element has always been prominent, but here the relationship between rhythm and tonality is different, and the ensemble seems to draw forth a new kind of humor from Glass. It's delightful; sample the first movement, and you may well be entranced. The other new development here, is that Glass has reached what might be termed a second generation of influence; the rest of the music on the album, some of it by members of Third Coast Percussion, reflects the work of composers who have taken Glass' ideas, and developed them in new directions. The standout is David Skidmore's Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities, which takes up the first CD, consisting of seven movements with amusing titles. Each one explores a different texture and rhythmic configuration. Gavin Bryars' The Other Side of the River, which closes the program, is a minimalist work with large sectional contrasts. Peter Martin and Robert Dillon each contribute a shorter piece, with titles that indicate their structural procedures. The entire album is absorbing and often fun, and never dull. Highly recommended for those interested in minimalism. ~ James Manheim
Title from container.
Edition recorded: Dunvagen Music (Perpetulum).
Producer, Jesse Lewis.
Third Coast Percussion (Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore).
Recorded in DSD256 at Electrical Audio 2017 December 11-15 ; 2018 October 12.
Program notes (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color)) inserted in container.
Disc one. Aliens with extraordinary abilities. Torched and wrecked (4:31) ; Agreed (4:27) ; Take anything you want (4:40) ; Donner (6:25) ; Don't eat your young (4:55) ; Things may be changing (but probably not) (3:33) ; Triptan (6:15) / by David Skidmore -- Disc two. Bend / by Peter Martin (8:01) ; Perpetulum / by Philip Glass (21:23) ; Ordering-instincts / by Robert Dillon (7:48) ; The other side of the river / by Gavin Bryars (21:44).