Music of the Week: May 20, 2022: Lavinia Meijer plays Philip Glass: Metamorphosis II
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Music of the Week: May 20, 2022: Lavinia Meijer plays Philip Glass: Metamorphosis II
Another beautiful “minimalist” piece of music for this week, the mesmerizing Metamorphosis II by Philip Glass, originally composed for solo piano. This is an exceptional version for the harp adapted and performed by Dutch harpist Lavinia Meijer (born in South Korea) taking on an almost “stream of consciousness” character that transports the listener to new spaces of perception and thought.
It was an encounter with Ravi Shankar and Indian raga music that led Glass to his hypnotic-repetitive style based on simple chords and arpeggios that are played in gyrating patterns.
Due to the nature of the harp as an instrument, Lavinia Meijer’s interpretation is so rich in harmonics that the circular repetitions take on their own sound qualities along each turn of the musical spiral.
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The harp brings a mesmerizing tonal softness to the piece. Meijer Plays with reverence and grace! Philip Glass changed music as we knew it. I was lucky enough to see several primer performances of his work in Houston years back, esp Nixon in China!…..
Yes, This is one of his better compositions. Glass is a good backdrop for Art projects.
Mesmerizing! Just bought the CD.