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The Sinking of the Titanic - Others: Philip Glass, Carl Stone, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman Links: Gavin Bryars - Philip Jeck - Touch Fittingly recorded three years ago in the sinking city of Venice, Gavin Bryars newly released realization of his most well-known, 39-year-old composition, The Sinking of the Titanic, is a horrifyingly beautiful, trance-inducing phenomenon of conceptual...

Philip Glass Drops Glass Box, Shards Injure Several Nearby College Professors - Alright, dudes-in-bands, listen up. Fucking schools in session, and our instructor is Philip Glass. Yes, after more than four decades of making us all exclaim Why didnt I think of that!?!? as we listened in awe to things like singers counting beats and singing sol feg syllables, arpeggios...

Steve Reich - Three Movements / The Desert Music (conductor: Kristjan Järvi) -

So much of Steve Reich’s music depends on shifting tensions and sonorities. The slightest harmonic tweak in the upper strings must be as committed as the most grounding and predictable left-handed piano thuds. Consequently, performing his works requires an almost telepathic connection between musicians and expert marshalling, perhaps even more...

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