# Philip Glass at Robert M. Miner Auditorium, July 19, 2018

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/philip-glass-matt-haimovitz--lavinia-meijer/) presents [Philip Glass](http://www.philipglass.com/), [Matt Haimovitz](http://www.matthaimovitz.com/), and [Lavinia Meijer](http://www.laviniameijer.com/)  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, July 19, 2018

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## Set One

[7:33 PM lights down, PG out alone, introduces first piece]

01. [7:35 PM] _Mad Rush_ (1979); PG piano  
[work ends 7:50 PM; pause for MH & LM to enter and get set up; PG introduces the next piece]  
Selections from _the Tissues_ (2002), excerpted from the film _Naqoyqatsi_, featuring all three performers
02. [7:53 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
03. [7:58 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
04. [8:02 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
05. [8:10 PM] ? (no. unidentified)  
[Matt's iPad goes to sleep, so they stop and then replay the prior movement]
06. [8:13 PM] ? (no. unidentified)  
[work ends 8:18 PM; PG introduces the next section, performed by MH alone]
07. [8:19 PM] ? "Introduction" (2007 or 2010?)
08. [8:25 PM] J.S. Bach: _Partita_ for solo cello? (work not uniquely identified, ca. 1720)  
[work ends 8:27 PM; LM & PG return; PG introduces the next section, then departs with MH]
09. [8:31 PM] _Etude No. 12_ (2007); LM harp  
[work ends 8:39 PM; PG out to introduce the next work]
10. [8:40 PM] _the Hours_ (2002); LM harp  
[set ends 8:47 PM]

## Set Two

[9:09 PM lights down, PG introduces MH and the next work]
   
_Partitas_ for solo cello (2017)

01. [9:12 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
02. [9:19 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
03. [9:26 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)  
[work ends 9:33 PM; PG & LM out; PG introduces next work]
04. [9:34 PM] _the Orchard_ for piano and violin, an excerpt from the Jean Genet play, _Music from the Screens_ (1992), arranged by PG? (or MR?) for MH & LM  
[work ends 9:39 PM; PG & LM out; PG introduces next work]
05. [9:41 PM] _Etude No. 10_ (1994), cello & harp parts created by MH & LM  
[set ends 9:50 PM; all off for a moment or two]  
   
**Encore**
06. [9:51 PM] _the French Lieutenant Dreams_, an excerpt from the Jean Genet play, _Music from the Screens_ (1992)  
[show ends 9:54 PM; bows, then all off for good]


## Performers

* [Philip Glass](http://www.philipglass.com/): composer, piano;
* [Matt Haimovitz](http://www.matthaimovitz.com/): cello;
* [Lavinia Meijer](http://www.laviniameijer.com/): harp.

## Notes

* It was a real treat to see and hear Philip performing chamber music in such a small hall.
* I was surprised that the show was amplified, and somewhat louder than I'd been expecting, though not nearly as loud as my recollection of the first time I heard him, witnessing the hypnotically pummeling drone of _Four Organs_ from up close at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium around 1982 or so.
* Sadly, it seemed to me that Philip was having a bit of trouble with his hands: his execution of the faster runs was just barely irregular enough to catch at my attention in an unwelcome manner.
* Everyone on stage seemed to be having a fun time!
* Happily, Philip introduced most of the pieces, but I didn't always catch his explanations, particularly when I distracted myself by trying to spot the mathing listing in the ultimately unreliable program.
* The program notes were rather weak, and implied a set that was quite obviously different from the performance order, but that might reflect a jazzier, more impromptu approach to the event, letting things change as fit the mood of the day rather than hewing strictly to a pre-set plan.
* It would be interesting to find out if the Friday performance was different!

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