Book of Longing (2007)

PIECE: Book of Longing

YEAR: 2007

CAST: ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:

Philip Glass: Book of Longing (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012) [How Much I Love You / A Sip of Wine / The Night of Santiago]
Tim Fain Plays Philip Glass Partita for Solo Violin (2015)

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Tim Fain Plays Philip Glass Partita for Solo Violin (2015)

TIM FAIN

Plays Philip Glass Partita for Solo Violin

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PARTITA
1. Opening
2. Morning Song
3. Dance 1
4. Chaconne Part 1
5. Dance 2
6. Evening Song
7. Chaconne Part 2

8. Knee 2 from Einstein on the Beach
9. Book of Longing
10. Interludes from Violin Concerto No.2

Tim Fain, violin

Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012)

TARA HUGO

Sings Philip Glass

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1. Always Neverwas (from Neverwas, lyric: Tara Hugo)
2. Let the Letter Read You (from Monsters of Grace)
3. How Much I Love You (from Book of Longing)
4. The New Rule (from Monsters of Grace)
5. Spinning (lyric: Tara Hugo)
6. Feeding Frenzy (lyric: Tara Hugo)
7. Streets of Berlin (from Bent)
8. A Sip of Wine (from Book of Longing)
9. Cabin in the Rockies (from Hydrogen Jukebox)
10. Kabul (lyric: Tara Hugo)
11. Planctus
12. The Night of Santiago (from Book of Longing)

Tara Hugo, voice
Megan Gould, violin
Luke Cissell, violin
Claudia Chopek, violin
Karen Waltuch, viola
Noah Hoffeld, cello
Logan Coale, double-bass
Alex Sopp, flute
Hideaki Aomori, clarinet
Alicia Lee, bass clarinet
Ashley Jackson, harp
Freddie Stevenson, guitar
Danielle Schwob, guitar

Philip Glass - Book of Longing (2007)

PHILIP GLASS

Book of Longing, a Song Cycle Based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen

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CD 1:
1. Prologue - I Can't Make the Hills
2. I Came Down from the Mountain
3. A Sip of Wine
4. Want to Fly
5. The Light Came Through the Window
6. Puppet Time
7. G-d Opened My Eyes
8. You Go Your Way
9. I Was Doing Something
10. Not a Jew
11. How Much I Love You
12. Babylon
13. I Enjoyed the Laughter

CD 2:
1. The Morning I Woke Up Again
2. I Want to Love You Now
3. Don't Have the Proof
4. The Night of Santiago
5. Mother Mother
6. You Came to Me this Morning
7. I Am Now Able
8. Roshi's Very Tired
9. Epilogue - Merely a Prayer

The Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman, conductor
Leonard Cohen, spoken text