PHILIP GLASS - Opening from Glassworks (HD)

Philip Glass - Opening from Glassworks performed by Ignas Maknickas at Vaidilos Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania. #philipglass #glass #opening #relaxation

[@miglumamusic]

Tai pats tyriausias, gražiausias ir jautriausias atlikimas, palietei mano širdį! Ačiū už muziką.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Meg Jolie ačiū!!

[@millennial8441]

I had goosebumps again. I saw many pianists playing Glass' Opening, and all they was mading circles with them body. It is incredible the "round" state of mind this piece causes. It seems all the universe is moving in circles, and we can "listen to" it. Only Debussy did something like that.

[@VladK-1]

What a beatiful description to the feelings I have about this piece. Thank you. I'm a big fan of this particular piece as it helped me through hard times with my work by keeping me relaxed and focused. Now I've learned to play it on a piano and it has an ever greater effect when I can invoke the feelings myself. What a miracle! When I hear or play this piece by Philip Glass, I feel a deep presence of something greater than I cannot grasp otherwise.

[@Textile_Dude]

Wonderful sensitive performance. Thank you for this.

[@GregorKropotkin-qu2hp]

I can play this too!

[@pithet1953]

Quite slower than the original, but i like your phrasing very much! It makes the piece sounds much more sensible, melancholic. Great work

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@UniverLiber]

😭😭😭😭 muy hermoso

[@priscillaeich1898]

I love it. It's like a different piece at this tempo.

[@codyduncan]

@@ignasmaknickas Agreed, typically it's played faster, and I always think "they're playing too fast," but always just chalked it up to the fact that I play it too slow. I now choose to believe this is just how to play it "correctly."

[@karakamen]

This is exactly the tempo at which I'm learning it, and it's how I like it the most!

[@AMeza-fb7ko]

That smile... You feel before you think. Thank you for playing this. You're a master.

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you so much!

[@thiagoancelmo.clarinet]

What a great performance! The slower tempo gave space for all the inner voice and rhythms to speak clearly. Beautiful colors all over the piece. Gorgeous ! Bravo!

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you very much!

[@marieinnes2382]

This has me in tears, so beautiful. Truly the most wonderful performance of Opening I’ve ever watched ✌🏼🎹

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@Stibsyt]

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[@jeremyaugustin1729]

So much sensitivity in your interprétation. You depict the harmonies and metrology of this piece so great. Wow and thank you.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@MoDuFa]

Probably the BEST performance of this piece I've ever heard.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you very much!

[@MoDuFa]

@@ignasmaknickas Two days ago I bought a Yamaha CLP-645. The first piece I tried to play was this one, using the Bosendorfer voice - I immediately came here to tell you that you've motivated me to get back to music. I haven't played in nearly 10 years. Thanks for the inspiration Ignas.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Mauricio Estrella wow! I am so happy to hear this :)

[@hushedmusic]

@@MoDuFa i ve just bought a humble yamaha p125 ( i like it very much) , and the first piece i m trying is this one. I just came back to learn music a couple of months ago. I agree with you that this is probably the best performance of this piece.

[@violinista22]

@@MoDuFa I also recently bought a Yamaha YDP-144 (also humble) and I want this to be the first work I play decently on it.

[@mathisdeserdo9789]

This is a very original interpretation I think the crescendo on the whole piece is very satisfying and the most important thing in this song is to feel!

[@harrisonh.1899]

The visual satisfaction on his face... wow

[@thomashoffman5217]

I'm learning this now, and this is the performance I keep coming back to. Truly spectacular.

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you!

[@KittyGotSued]

It's really astonishing. This performance really is a revelation compared to every other I've heard. It's like you were the first to understand and be able to expose the emotion of this piece.

[@Jaydoggy531]

Almost every recording of this piece on youtube is just that: a recording. It's hard to find an actual "performance" of this - and I'm very happy that yours was the first in my search list. This is a WONDERFUL performance. I wish you nothing but the absolute best. Please stay healthy.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@mikayocc]

It's March 2020 and we're all stuck inside because of the coronavirus. Thank you for your beautiful piano playing, your musicianship really calmed me down. :)

[@ignasmaknickas]

mymy Thank you! I hope you are well.

[@mikayocc]

@@ignasmaknickas You too, Ignas! :)

[@sophiarosales7159]

-Hey, can I ask you a question? -Yeah -Never mind

[@doraneko141]

2set fan is here :v

[@malkytrance]

OOhh this is a superb version, so much flow and motion.

[@ungrateful-66]

I'm a newer fan of Ignas! Philip Glass is my favourite composer of our time and I'm happy to hear him played.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you very much!

[@charleshemphill6923]

Glass is my favorite too I've been listening for about 20 years and I've only scratched the surface of his content.

[@renexist5492]

This is exactly the reason why I started to play piano, thank you Ignas Maknickas.

[@ignasmaknickas]

This is amazing! Thank you:)

[@johnmurphy6584]

An absolute pleasure to listen to. Bravo.

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you!

[@guswindu8975]

Come here after watching Twoset' repetitive vid

[@rosemarionnaud2027]

Exactly that 😂😂

[@ellaj.thompson4437]

This piece was already brilliant, but this performance makes it a masterpiece. Like legit, the utter joy on the pianist's face? I can hear it! It's so good!

[@GrahamStephan]

Incredible playing!

[@randomhumant]

Surpirsed to see you here but cool anyway

[@nickbryant6970]

That moment when they show his face.. Unbelievable. He was one with the God of music.

[@akrishnaa]

WOW you’re a wonderful pianist! Beautiful rendition.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thanks:)

[@SrFlipsAlot]

This piece is so simple and relatively easy to play, but it comes across as so full of feeling-as if an entire symphony were playing.

[@barbarasmith6005]

I don't think it would be easy to play because of the polyrhythm and the voicing. It does sound deceptively simple, though.

[@povertyspec9651]

@@barbarasmith6005 I've put the score in front of good pianists and it totally throws some of them for a loop!

[@RobertDeMiedo]

La música del siglo XX, un refente insoslayable para entender la estética de nuestro singular siglo. Bellísima pieza.

[@DrNoahofChina]

Proud to be Lithuanian with luminaries like you among us!

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@excelsior999]

The first time that I heard this piece I felt like crying but, being a man, I didn't. How foolish of me.

[@laorientalm2554]

A very sensitive and heartfelt interpretation. Thank you! 💕

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@depitao]

I work listening to Philip Glass' music all the time. Your performance is very beautiful. I keep coming back to it. Thank you for this.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@hushedmusic]

beautiful interpretation, this is the one i like the most...

[@MrYann33]

Absolutely fascinating playing and piece of music

[@MendicantBS]

Jon Batiste name-dropped him on Steven Colbert show. Thanks for the recommendation

[@Mike-ik9qt]

When there are 4th of July fireworks I play this over and over again to calm my cats and it works. Beautiful rendition of a classic Phillip Glass song! He looks like he is in a trance while playing it.

[@ethanboyd7843]

Every Single Morning I listen to this in my headphones while I have the driving range to myself. Your style is unique, rapturous, and gorgeous. Frontal lobe tonic, and fingers on a Bösendorfer the way it was meant to be touched. I'll build a house with a room big enough for that Grand! I mean you probably don't need it right? ;) Also I"m gonna need your piano room moved to the E. COast and ur gonna have to teach me some scales.

Me encanta, preciosa pieza y sublime interpretación. Llegó a lo más profundo de mí. Gracias, muchas.

[@sabathegiraffe2770]

My music teacher sent me this, it is such a beautiful masterpiece to hear keep up the good work!!!

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you:)

[@Onionbaron]

Masterpiece, no words...!

[@rachelmaloney3863]

Beautiful. Thank you!

[@coolcat23]

2:49 The superimposition of the string resonances sounds like an accompanying instrument that sounds something like between strings and horns. Amazing.

[@jj53368]

It’s spectacular. Personally, I hear human voices-it roughly oscillates between “ooh” (lower chords) and “ahh” (the subsequent higher chord).

[@filipegago7189]

Better than the original

[@robertschroer6371]

Ich weine mir die Augen aus, aber ich fühle mich so unendlich befreit! DANKE DANKE DANKE

[@timkimware3537]

I've always love Glassworks and, particularly this piece. You truly breath life into it, transforming it into a beautiful flowing river of emotion. So thank you, and I hope you someday tour in the US... California, that is!

[@VladK-1]

Thank you, Ignas! Your playing is very delicate and passionate. I'm a big fan of this particular piece as it helped me through hard times with my work by keeping me relaxed and focused, like in a meditation. Now I've learned to play it on a piano and it has an ever greater effect when I can invoke the feelings myself. What a miracle! When I hear or play this piece by Philip Glass, I feel a deep presence of something greater than I cannot grasp otherwise.

[@milanapeacock6062]

Incredible unique interpretation. This piece has so much to say. You’ve uncovered yet another story. I have to say, it’s my favorite so far. Can’t stop listening to it. An eternal cosmic lullaby.

[@adrihankel9240]

What a very emotional performance. Masterpiece!

[@violinista22]

I'm an amateur pianist learning this piece. Thanks for the inspiration! Best rendition I've heard...

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you! Good luck!

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

Hello, Ignas. I think you really captured what Philip intended to write - I mean, this is how it should have been written. Hats off to you. Šaunuolis, Ignai :)

[@ignasmaknickas]

Dėkui:)

[@adelsonambrosio3132]

Eu nunca tinha ouvido essa música,me deixou intrigado. Uma execução excepcional,ela te tira o fôlego impressionante!

[@Mikrotsutsunos]

I would write something, but I am speechless! Wow!!!!

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@Woldo1007]

Best Version! Congratulations!!

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you!

[@Woldo1007]

You’re going far beyond what it is written... you’re going the way of understanding what is written ... amazing ... not many can do this!

[@JKatt-bw7ix]

This is a masterpiece rendition. I can watch this all day.

[@Sleepdriver1984]

Wim Mertens surely has this one in mind when he composed "Struggle For Pleasure"

[@auggysimcity]

Beyond words.

[@бетонноепюре]

НЕ ВИНОВЕН ОКСИМИРОН😢😢😢

[@ceciliabooth8851]

Stunning performance, very moving, I will be listening to this a lot. Thank you! Have you heard any music by Jean- Michel Blais from Quebec? Sans titre andante and Nostos by him are also lovely, like your playing.

[@DANLAI605]

Thanq for sample of babangida "этюд в багровых тонах"

[@ukdavepianoman]

Really wonderful performance. Taking it slower allows the two rhythms to be heard against each other clearly. I also like the contrast in dynamics between repeats. And then bring out different voicings - either RH or LH. Best performance I've heard of this wonderful piece.

[@marionuno226]

Simplemente magnifico!

[@derkyarik_7298]

God exist. I am radio-astronomer student,,,,,, and know how much galaxy, star systems, are,,,,,,,, So far , so far,,,,,, If on this planet, this lost planet, this simply galaxy, ,,,,,, we have this beauty,,,,,,,,,, what would be out there,,,,,, What souls, what tears, ,,,, what love,,,,,,,,,,

[@adriansayles8728]

I agree. Beautiful. And benefits from being slightly slower than the original

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@hannabildziukevich620]

Афигенно

[@jonasbrinkworse5436]

I keep coming back to this, having watched it a dozen times - never have I seen a music video where the pictures conveyed just as much emotion as the music. It is my favorite version of this piece on the entire tube, it really emphasizes the beauty in the piece. Masterful performance!

[@susycastillo9779]

Muchas gracias, magnifica, bella interpretación.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@johndenton4008]

Beyond moving. Hearing and seeing you play this is entrancing and I can't think of anything else...for the night anyhow. Thank you

[@CziffraNum]

I'm sorry but is this really concert music? Nah...

[@grant7739]

This version is untouchable!

[@vanodyssey1659]

yes..... yes......................................... yes....................... (1 hour).......... yes.................................................

[@mayhem2648]

beatiful interpretation as a fellow musician I love when it has feeling you know :) you look like young Phillip Glass byt the way! cheers

[@anneedwards7078]

I enjoyed this so much.

[@Крайонбог]

Прекрасная музыка

[@marcosilva3848]

... I cry every time... You fire directly até the heart... It's not possible to be static. 🙏

[@kajtekmccranck9978]

It's not HIM playing, but the music guides him to make sounds sound. A hard to describe case of quasi-unity of the player-concept-instrument - what is the cause, effect, base, foundation?

[@conorconnole98]

Viseral Philosophing of Music Proformance 🙂 Great observation 🙂

[@kajtekmccranck9978]

@@conorconnole98 Viseral? :> what does that mean? :D

[@conorconnole98]

Left out the C 🙂 It means to see the unseen 🙂 🙃

[@kajtekmccranck9978]

@@conorconnole98 thxxx ;)

[@sunnysundaymornings]

Kajtek Mccranck ..I guess visceral...or wiseral...both hold intuition...that is great.. (this is how I perceive English..(not strictly), which is not my mother tongue).

[@rovercoupe7104]

Wishing I’d made something of my life. M.

[@aphrek]

This is really quite something. Thankyou

[@jeannedessainjean7904]

This is wonderful ! Thanks a lot

[@victoriasolar85]

me encanta cómo la disfrutás!

[@tfggzzxx]

Brilliant

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you:)

[@barbarasmith6005]

Very good performance--very subtle.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@lesbsocal9107]

Opening, a love song

[@simtech3281]

It seems like the music returns from the piano to his fingers

[@lynnoath]

This passion.. Bewitched.

[@stefanhoppner9552]

Sehr, sehr schön.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Danke!

[@christopherd.rebolledo243]

Esta composición es una de mis piezas favoritas de toda la vida, y sin duda ésta interpretación es la más sublime y hermosa versión que he escuchado, magistral! Makes me cry!

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@randyndawna]

I had heard this and loved it. I came here to hear it, but I also specifically wanted to SEE you play it. So delicate and beautiful!🌹✨

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you:)

[@isabelherrero9565]

I really enjoyed this interpretation... you seemed to be in a flow state of mind, irradiating satisfaction and joy :-) (besides the technical quality of your performance) keep spoiling us with your work! Aciu

[@ignasmaknickas]

Ačiū!

[@jaysimoes3705]

I liked it too, slower than the original but copying the original is pretty boring in my view.

[@musicaltarrasque]

a year later and I keep coming back to this recording, sooo amazing, best version of this piece out there. Ignas I hope and pray you are doing well and you are accomplishing your dreams, keep on doing what you love!

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@nataliaveneti4857]

Thank you!!full of feelings!!

[@mattyjmusic4210]

Soooooo epic.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Matthew Jacobs thanks!

[@marmal1n]

Aciu, labai geras atlikimas!

[@TheXinver]

What a beautiful performance. Moving.

[@ignasmaknickas]

thank you!

[@XXXX999_G]

Wonderful

[@HolgerSchoppmeier]

this music is breathless, just like the 1983 originaltitled movie "Breathless" by Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky with this stunning musical part of Philip Glass "Opening & Closing" (from "Glassworks", 1981) 🎼🎹☯

[@jsr7599]

Always played and felt it should have been in this tempo - thanks for the inspiration.

[@ignasmaknickas]

Thank you!

[@sweetloveelmo]

The only thing missing here is divine support and build up of the celestial bass sounds and 2nd melody classical instruments as to make this transportation to another dimension most complete. Hopefully one day we will be presented with this celestial solution. In my mind I'm already hearing and interpreting simple, yet very effective, second melody lines.

[@Iaburnie]

Awe-inspiring. You knocked this one out of the park.

[@Zeuhldam]

On the 3rd group of chords (when it goes to the Bb,) right hand on the second chord should invert the pattern and be playing Ab on first beat instead of D, isn't it ? I'm currently learning the piece... Really nice interpretation though !

[@keifermark]

This is great.