801837013726

Philip Glass: The Not-doings Of An Insomniac, Bass Partita And Poetry

Robert Black

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Format: CD

Cat No: OMM0137

Release Date:  01 June 2019

Label:  Orange Mountain - Cd / Orange Mountain

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  801837013726

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

Composer/Series:  Philip Glass

  • Description

    Orange Mountain Music is proud to present 'THE NOT-DOINGS OF AN INSOMNIAC' a piece that Philip Glass composed in 2015 for double bassist Robert Black. 'The Not-Doings of an Insomniac' is a Partita for Solo Double Bass in 7 movements with poetry by Lou Reed, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Arthur Russell recited Black. The album is rounded off with the premiere recording of 'Prelude to Endgame' from 1984 for double bass and timpani played by Robert Black and Jonathan Haas. 'Endgame' is a play by Samuel Beckett. Glass composed the music for the 1984 production of the play by the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.

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