1000 Airplanes On The Roof Review

It is described by glass as a science fiction music drama.

1000 airplanes on the roof review.

A science fiction music drama. Amazon best sellers rank. 1 000 airplanes on the roof review. The performance featured vocals by linda ronstadt and was condu.

Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for 1000 airplanes on the roof philip glass on allmusic 1989 this collaboration with playwright david henry. Stars 4 out of 5 stars. Review by john young. 1000 airplanes on the roof is one of the lesser philip glass creations.

1000 airplanes on the roof is a melodrama in one act by philip glass which featured text by david henry hwang and projections by jerome sirlin. Saturnberry rated it really liked it. This collaboration with playwright david henry hwang and visual artist jerome sirlin premiered in a viennese airport hangar in 1988 and it beats john adams. 286 396 in cds vinyl see top 100 in cds vinyl.

So happy to have it with me because this is my music that puts me into deep slumber. I have the tape of 1000 airplanes on the roof but now i have the cd. Start your review of 1000 airplanes on the roof. The opera premiered on july 15 1988 at the vienna airport in hangar 3.

Mon 19 sep 2011 13 20 edt. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1989 cd release of 1000 airplanes on the roof on discogs. Jordan west rated it really liked it.

First published on mon 19 sep 2011. National museum of flight east fortune. Since glass took to the stage and screen as his main career in the 1980s he s repeated chord. Compared to such weighty masterpieces as einstein on the beach or satyagraha or even my recent favourite civil wars this music drama is insignificant and worthless with music that would make critics of glass work in general shudder with horror.

The work was commissioned by the donau festival krems an der donau the american music theater festival philadelphia and west berlin city council in 1988.