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

SFJAZZ presents Philip Glass, Matt Haimovitz, and Lavinia Meijer
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, July 19, 2018

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

1. [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
2. [7:53 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
3. [7:58 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
4. [8:02 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
5. [8:10 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
   [Matt's iPad goes to sleep, so they stop and then replay the prior movement]
6. [8:13 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
   [work ends 8:18 PM; PG introduces the next section, performed by MH alone]
7. [8:19 PM] ? “Introduction” (2007 or 2010?)
8. [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]
9. [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]

[9:09 PM lights down, PG introduces MH and the next work]

Partitas for solo cello (2017)

1. [9:12 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
2. [9:19 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
3. [9:26 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
   [work ends 9:33 PM; PG & LM out; PG introduces next work]
4. [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]
5. [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
6. [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]

• Philip Glass: composer, piano;
• Matt Haimovitz: cello;
• Lavinia Meijer: harp.

• 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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