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FORMAT: New CD • UPC: 801837017823
GENRE: Classical Vocal Crossover • RECORD LABEL: Orange Mountain
RELEASE DATE: 03/06/26
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[PRE-ORDER] Third Angle New Music - Glass: 1000 Airplanes On The Roof (CD)
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[PRE-ORDER] Third Angle New Music - Glass: 1000 Airplanes On The Roof (CD)
DESCRIPTION
Philip Glass's science fiction music drama, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, premiered in 1988 at the Vienna International Airport (Hangar No.3). This one-act melodrama contains a text by renowned playwright and frequent Glass collaborator, David Henry Hwang, and originally featured set designs and projections by Jerome Sirlin. When Virgin records released the piece in 1989, the very curious decision was made to totally omit the Hwang text. The original score by Glass, was presented without the context of the drama. Following Third Angle New Music's 2023 staged production at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum - directly beneath Howard Hughes' infamous "Spruce Goose" - they endeavored to record this rarely-staged work. As the original recording was largely misunderstood, it is presented here for the first time with both the music and drama as one would hear it in the theater, alongside an additional music-only experience. Volume 1 includes the complete music drama with Hwang's text performed by Ithica Tell as M, and the sound design used in their staged production. Volume 2 presents the entire musical experience including vocals, but without the text and theatrical elements. The beautiful package design by Madeline Sorenson is a play on the formats of old science fiction trade paperbacks.
Tracklist:
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - City Walk
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Girlfriend
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - My Building Started to Disappear
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Pebbles Dropped Into the Lake
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Screens of Memory
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - What Time Is Grey - Labyrinth
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Return to the Hive
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Three Truths
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - the Encounter
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Grey Cloud Over New York
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Where Have You Been Asked the Doctor
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - a Normal Person Running
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - City Walk (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Girlfriend (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - My Building Started to Disappear (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Pebbles Dropped Into the Lake (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Screens of Memory (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - What Time Is Grey - Labyrinth (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Return to the Hive (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Three Truths (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - the Encounter (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Grey Cloud Over New York (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Where Have You Been Asked the Doctor (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Ahas a Sound Ever Appeared (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - a Normal Person Running (Instrumental)
UPC: 801837017823
Label: Orange Mountain
Release Date: 3.6.26
Format: CD
TRACK LIST
Tracklist:
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - City Walk
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Girlfriend
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - My Building Started to Disappear
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Pebbles Dropped Into the Lake
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Screens of Memory
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - What Time Is Grey - Labyrinth
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Return to the Hive
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Three Truths
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - the Encounter
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Grey Cloud Over New York
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Where Have You Been Asked the Doctor
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - a Normal Person Running
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - City Walk (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Girlfriend (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - My Building Started to Disappear (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Pebbles Dropped Into the Lake (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Screens of Memory (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - What Time Is Grey - Labyrinth (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Return to the Hive (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Three Truths (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - the Encounter (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Grey Cloud Over New York (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Where Have You Been Asked the Doctor (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - Ahas a Sound Ever Appeared (Instrumental)
- Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof - a Normal Person Running (Instrumental)
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