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Philip Glass

1000 Airplanes on the Roof

1000 Airplanes on the Roof is a melodrama in one act with music by Philip Glass, text by David Henry Hwang, and projections by Jerome Sirlin. Glass described it as "a science fiction music drama".

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. It premiered on July 15 of that year at the Vienna Airport in Hangar #3. The performance featured vocals by Linda Ronstadt and was conducted by Michael Riesman. The US premiere took place in September 1988 at the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia and went on to play in 40 North American cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago and Toronto, as well as Glasgow during that city's celebration as European City of Culture.

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Movements

  1. Pebbles Dropped Into the Lake
  2. 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
  3. City Walk
  4. Girlfriend
  5. My Building Disappeared
  6. Screens of Memory
  7. What Time is Grey
  8. Return to the Hive
  9. Three Truths
  10. The Encounter
  11. Grey Cloud Over New York
  12. Where Have You Been asked the Doctor
  13. A Normal Man Running

Elsewhere

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