Composers Performers

Philip Glass

Philip Glass (b. 1937)

USA · Minimalism (1970 - 2023)

As a performer: pianist conductor

“600 Lines”, piano version (1967)
“1000 Airplanes on the Roof”, melodrama for voice and ensemble (1988)
“A Descent into the Maelstrom”, theatre music (1985)
“A Secret Solo” for piano (1977)
“Águas da Amazônia”, cycle arranged by Marco Antônio Guimarães for Uakti (1993-99)
“Akhnaten”, opera in three acts (1983)
“Anima Mundi”, film music (1992)
“Another Look at Harmony, Part IV”, for chorus and organ (1975)
“Arabesque in Memoriam” for solo flute (1988)
Brass Sextet (1962-64)
“Candyman” and “Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh”, film music (1992-95)
“Cassandra’s Dream”, film music (2007)
Cello Concerto No. 1 (2001)
Cello Concerto No. 2 “Naqoyqatsi” (2012)
Coda to Paul Simon’s “The Late, Great Johnny Ace” (1982)
“Company” for string orchestra (1983)
Concert Overture “2012” for orchestra (2012)
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra (2000)
Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (2002)
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1995)
“Contrary Motion” for electric organ (1969)
Dance No. 2 for organ (1979)
Dance No. 4 for organ (1979)
Dance Nos. 1-5 (1979)
“Dead Things” from “The Hours”, arranged for piano
“Distant Figure”, passacaglia for piano (2017)
Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (2015)
Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (2010)
“Dracula”, film music for string quartet (1998)
“Dreaming Awake” for piano (2002)
Duets for violin and cello (2010-11)
“Echorus” for two violins and string orchestra (1994-95)
“Einstein on the Beach”, opera in four acts (1975)
Excerpts from works
“Façades” for two soprano saxophones and strings (1981)
“Four Movements” for Two Pianos (2008)
“Galileo Galilei”, opera in ten scenes (2001)
Glassworks, six pieces for chamber ensemble (1981)
Gradus for solo soprano saxophone (1968)
“Harmonium Mountain” for orchestra (2010-11)
“Haze Gold” for mixed chorus a cappella
Head On for violin, cello and piano (1967)
“How Now” for piano (1968)
“Hydrogen Jukebox”, chamber opera (1990)
“Ignorant Sky”, song from “Jenipapo” (1995)
“In Again Out Again” for two pianos (1967-68)
“In the Penal Colony”, chamber opera (2000)
“In the Upper Room”, ballet (1986)
“Itaipu”, symphonic cantata for chorus and orchestra (1989)
Jenipapo 14, piano arrangement of film music
“Kepler”, opera (2009)
“Knee Play 4” from “Einstein on the Beach”, arranged for piano (2000)
“Koyaanisqatsi”, film music (1982)
“Kundun”, film music (1997)
“La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)”, opera (1994)
“Les Enfants Terribles”, dance opera (1996)
“LIFE: A Journey Through Time” for orchestra (2006)
“Love Divided By” for flute and piano (1992)
“Mad Rush” for piano or organ (1979)
“Metamorphosis”, five pieces for piano (1988)
“Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters”, film music (1984-85)
“Modern Love Waltz” for piano (1977-79)
“Music for Voices” a cappella (1970)
Music from “The Hours”, arranged for piano
“Music in Fifths”, piano version (1969)
“Music in Similar Motion” for ensemble (1969)
“Music in the Shape of a Square” for two flutes (1967)
“Music in Twelve Parts” for ensemble (1971-74)
“Music with Changing Parts” for ensemble (1970)
“Naqoyqatsi”, film music (2001-02)
“Night on the Balcony” from “The Screens”, for keyboard (1989)
“No Reservations Combine” for piano, arranged by Michael Riesman
“North Star”, film music (1977)
“Notes on a Scandal”, film music (2006)
“One Plus One”, version I, for one player and amplified tabletop (1967-68)
“One Plus One”, version II, for one player and amplified tabletop (1967-68)
“Opening” from “Glassworks” for piano (1981)
“Orbit” for solo cello (2013)
“Orphée”, chamber opera in two acts (1991-93)
Partita for Solo Cello No. 1 “Songs and Poems” (2007)
Partita for Solo Cello No. 2 (2010)
Partita for Solo Violin (2011)
“Passages”, a collaboration by Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar for ensemble (1990)
“Phaedra” for string orchestra (1986)
“Phaedra”, ballet (1986)
Piano Concerto No. 1 “Tirol” for piano and strings (2000)
Piano Concerto No. 2 “After Lewis and Clark” (2004)
Piano Concerto No. 3 for piano and strings (2017)
Piano Etudes, Book I, Nos. 1-10
Piano Etudes, Book II, Nos. 11-20
Piano Quintet No. 1 “Annunciation” (2018)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (2019)
Piano Sonatina No. 2 (1959)
“Planctus” for voice and piano, with Natalie Merchant (1997)
“Powaqqatsi”, film music (1987)
Psalm 126 for narrator, chorus and orchestra (1998)
“Satyagraha”, opera in three acts (1980)
Saxophone Quartet (1995)
Serenade for solo flute
Six Scenes from “Les Enfants Terribles” for two pianos, arranged by Michael Riesman
Sonata for Violin and Piano (2008)
“Songs and Poems” for solo cello (Partita No. 1) (2007)
“Songs from Liquid Days”, song cycle for voices and ensemble (1985-86)
“Spoleto Fanfare” for carillon (2006)
“Streets of Berlin”, song from “Bent” (1997)
String Quartet No. 1 (1966)
String Quartet No. 2 “Company” (1983)
String Quartet No. 3 “Mishima” (1985)
String Quartet No. 4 “Buczak” (1989)
String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
String Quartet No. 6 (2013)
String Quartet No. 7 (2014)
String Sextet, Symphony No. 3 arranged by Michael Riesman (2009)
Strung Out for amplified solo violin (1967-69)
Symphony No. 1 “Low” (1992)
Symphony No. 2 (1994)
Symphony No. 3 for string orchestra (1995)
Symphony No. 4 “Heroes” (1996)
Symphony No. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya” (1999)
Symphony No. 6 “Plutonian Ode” for soprano and orchestra (2001-02)
Symphony No. 7 “Toltec” for chorus and orchestra (2005)
Symphony No. 8 (2005)
Symphony No. 9 (2010-11)
Symphony No. 10 (2012)
Symphony No. 11 (2017)
“Taoist Sacred Dance” for flute and piano (2003)
“The Canyon”, dramatic episode for orchestra (1988)
“the CIVIL warS”, Rome section (1983-84)
“The Hours”, film music (2002)
“The Illusionist”, film music (2006)
“The Juniper Tree”, opera by Philip Glass and Robert Moran (1984-85)
“The Light” for orchestra (1987)
“The Making of the Representative for Planet 8”, opera (1986-88)
“The Olympian” for piano (1984)
“The Passion of Ramakrishna” for soloists, chorus and orchestra (2006)
“The Perfect American”, opera (2011-12)
“The Photographer”, music-theatre work in three parts (1982)
“The Secret Agent”, film music (1996)
“The Trial”, chamber opera (2014)
“The Voyage”, opera in three acts with prologue and epilogue (1992)
Thirteen Melodies for solo saxophone (1995)
Three Songs for mixed chorus a cappella (1984)
“Tissues” for cello, piano and percussion (2002)
“Trilogy Sonata” for piano, arranged by Paul Barnes (2000)
“Truman Sleeps” from “The Truman Show” (1998)
Twelve Pieces for Ballet for piano (1993)
“Two Pages” for piano or electric organ (1968-69)
Violin Concerto No. 1 (1987)
Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons” (2009)
“Visitors”, film music (2013)
“Voices” for narrator, organ and two didgeridoos (2001)
“Waiting for the Barbarians”, opera in two acts (2005)
“Wichita Vortex Sutra” for piano (1988)
“Windcatcher” for six saxophones, arranged by Nico Muhly (2002)