Philip Glass
Baltimore/Maryland 1937 - lebt in New York


          

The Photographer, 1983
LP
A-1984-06
Audio
 
Minimal Music
Philip Glass
 
Ein Musik-Drama in drei Akten mit Musik von Philip Glass
The Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman, Dirigent
Paul Zukofsky, Solo Violine

A-Seite
ACT I: "A Gentleman's Honor" (vocal) 3:17 Min.
ACT II 16:25 Min.
"A Gentleman's Honor" (instrumental) 3:19 Min.

B-Seite
ACT III 19:19 Min.

Music composed and arranged by Philip Glass
Produced by Kurt Munkacsi and Philip Glass
Conductor: Michael Riesman
Paul Zukofsky: Solo violin, Act II
Jack Kripl: Flute, soprano/alto/baritone saxophones
Michael Riesman: Keyboards, piano, bass synthesizer
Philip Glass: Electric organ
Trumpets: Lew Soloff; Ed Carroll
Trombones: Jim Pugh; Alan Raph
French horns: Bob Carlisle; Ron Sell
Strings: Marin Alsop,
Chorus: Adrienne Albert; Betty Baisch, Mary Sue Berry; Rose Mane Jun; Dora Ohrenstein
Lead vocal "A Gentleman's Honor": Maeretha Stewart; Marlene VerPlanck.

“’The Photographer’, a music/theater piece, was planned as a three-part work -a play, a concert and a dance.
Act I recounts the events in the life of Eadweard Muybridge relating to the murder of Colonel Larkyns and the subsequent trial. The music in Act I consists of three "incidental pieces (two of them recorded here) which fit into the play. For the first song, ‘A Gentleman's Honor’, words were taken from the trial transcript, comments of spectators at the trial and letters of Muybridge to his wife Flora.
Act II is presented as a concert with violin solo (played here by Paul Zukofsky) during which photographs taken by the Muybridge of the play in Act I are developed and projected on a screen at the rear of the stage.
Act III brings back all the characters from Act I (Muybridge, his wife, Flora, Colonel Larkyns, et al) in a final dance.
’The Photographer’. based on events in the life of Eadweard Muybridge, was conceived by the Dutch director/designer Rob Malasch in association with Philip Glass. It was commissioned by the 1982 Holland Festival and was performed by DeGroep with costumes by Aage Hoygaard and decor by Rein Jansma and Joost Elffers at a preview performance for Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. The preview took place at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, in May 1982 with Michael Riesman conducting. The work received its first public performance at the Carré Theater in Amsterdam in June 1982 as part of the Holland Festival" (Philip Glass, zit. nach http://www.philipglass.com).