Philip Glass: Symphony No. 13 / Alexander Shelley • Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra

Philip Glass
Symphony No. 13
"Truth in Our Time"
0:00 I
08:32 II
14:50 III
Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra and Alexander Shelley explore the theme of "Truth in Our Time" with the premiere of Philip Glass's Symphony No. 13, a meditation on truth and how it is told, commissioned by the Orchestra as a tribute to Canadian-born journalist Peter Jennings.
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L’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts du Canada et Alexander Shelley explorent le thème de « la vérité à l’ère moderne » avec la première de la Symphonie nº 13 de Philip Glass. L’œuvre est une commande de l’Orchestre, écrite à la mémoire du journaliste canadien Peter Jennings, une ode à la liberté de presse.
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Yosuke Kawasaki, concertmaster
Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra
L'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts du Canada
#PhilipGlass #AlexanderShelley #NACOLive

[@povertyspec9651]

4:20 PG can still write such beautiful dense sections at age 85. PG has been my muse since I was in high school- I'm almost 60 now.

[@michaelthoseby4682]

It sounds just like the other 12!

[@user-kz9sg2cx6]

Pure Neo Classicism. In our Mad time ... Unbelievable Composer. ETALLONIC PERFORMANCE.

[@user-vo6oq1bv8x]

Best Composer of 21 century.

[@user-kz9sg2cx6]

Real sense of Glass 's music. Excellent performance. Philip Glass is one of the Greatest Composer in history of Music.

[@user-kz9sg2cx6]

Absolutely Great Musicians.

[@amanderps970]

Beautiful!!! Wonderfully done, everyone!!!

[@chiufranz]

thanks for uploading. Waiting for long time.

[@danielenot2093]

A would say this 13th Is a fantastic return to form after the faux pas (IMHO) of the 12th. Beautiful, tightly constructed work, very well played. Just ordered the CD, I Just hope they edited out the stupid clapping between movs.

[@StephanieGauthier]

The NAC orchestra plays this beautifully. However, considering this is a brand new Philip Glass composition, I was hoping to hear some new compositional ideas by Glass. However, like so many of his recent works, Glass simply seems to be recycling his old music by only making slight changes to it. There is a fine line between having a compositional "style" and being unoriginal. I wonder if he's become cynical and realizes his music will sell no matter what and that he no longer has to make an effort.

[@user-kz9sg2cx6]

No sir. You just DO NOT UNDERSTAND PHILIP GLASS' S MUSIC. HE FOUND A NEW LANGUAGE. THE CULMINATION OF GLASS'S SYMPHONYSM IS 9TH SYMPHONY.

[@StephanieGauthier]

@user-kz9sg2cx6y I admire your devotion to a living composer - not enough people do that these days. One of my favorite Glass works is Koyaanisqatsi. I could not disagree more about Glass coming up with a new musical "language." However, I do think the man has talent.

[@egapnala65]

I stopped listening after "Songs From Liquid Days" when it became pretty clear he was just repeating the same handful of formulae over and over again. The last masterpiece for me was "Akhnaten". I pop back in every now and again but aside from the 9th have found little that isn't regurgitated. Reich also fell into the same trap for a while. Having said that accidentally stumbling on "Einstein on the Beach" on a U.K. classical music channel back in the 80s is still a defining moment for me. I was so taken aback I had to go out and buy the Columbia recording straight away.

[@StephanieGauthier]

@@egapnala65 Glass' "Einstein on the Beach" is a good reminder of what Glass is (or was) capable of. Hopefully, in the future he'll be musically reinvigorated and find something new to say.

[@baumannjorg9998]

Maskenball…

[@garyjcampbell2058]

This concert is ruined by audience members applauding between the movements. If you clap you are interrupting the flow of the whole piece, it's like cutting a painting into 2 pieces. No doubt the audience are only used to pop concerts.