Glass, Phillip / Three Pieces In The Shape Of A Square (Craig Morris, Trumpet)
Album: Three Pieces In The Shape Of A Square (Craig Morris, Trumpet)   Collection:Classical
Artist:Glass, Phillip   Added:Jul 2019
Label:Bridge  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-07-23 Pull Date: 2019-09-24 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Sep 22 Sep 8 Sep 1
Airplays: 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 20, 2019: old fart at play
Gradus (10:45)
3. Sep 07, 2019: Music Casserole
Gradus (10:45)
2. Sep 07, 2019: Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Gradus (10:45)
4. Aug 28, 2019: dream sequence
Piece In The Shape Of A Square (12:40)

Album Review
Larry Koran
Reviewed 2019-07-20
Liner notes state: “Philip Glass is generally regarded as a minimalist composer,” but these pieces, written as incidental music for a play based Jean Genet’s 1986 novel, Prisoner of Love, are quite melodic, and richly explore harmonies, rhythms and musical texture. Trumpeter Craig Morris chose trumpets he felt were “most suitable” for each melody: flugelhorn for Melodies 1, 3, 5, 8, 13; trumpet for melodies 2,6, 7, 10, 11, 12; piccolo trumpet for melodies 4, 9. Morris notes Glass’ mention of the influence of Indian music’s rhythmic structure on his use of rhythm in compositional method. Morris writes that Gradus and Piece In The Shape of a Square “are both written entirely in 8th notes and 8th rests, in lines of 32 8th notes or ‘beats’ per line, with each line consisting of smaller rhythmic block of 5-12 beats.” Both pieces repeat small snippets of melody many times using this rhythmic variability, rather than utilizing the melodic snippets themselves as the foci. If you are seeking melodies whose development you wish to savor, you won’t find them here. The focus is on rhythmic strings.

Track Listing
1. Melodies. #1 (2:41). Melancholy And Alone   9. #9 (1:18). A Military Bugler Has Some Fund
2. #2 (1:41). Brightly Confident   10. #10 (2:23). Sunlight Penetrates The Forest
3. #3 (2:39). Wistful, Calling Out, Seeking Response   11. #11 (1:26). A Restless Fly Buzzes Around
4. #4 (1:42). Cocky, Confident   12. #12 (1:57). A Bugler Struts And Dances
5. #5 (3:25). Uncertainly Exploring A New Environment   13. #13 (3:24). A Tale Of Loneliness
6. #6 (1:41). Sparticus Looks Out From A Hilltop At Dawn   14. Gradus (10:45)
7. #7 (1:21). A Jazzy Interlude   15. Piece In The Shape Of A Square (12:40)
8. #8 (2:48). Western Prairie View At Dusk   .