songbirdshe(Monday 29th of December 2008 02:34:52 PM)
!WOW! ...(takes my breath away)...so very beautiful*....and she plays the piano so very well indeed ^_^
itsyourcall(Wednesday 22nd of October 2008 06:06:28 PM)
i wonder if branka is a sweet lady sharing cookies to everyone after the performance, cookies she baked! herself!! :) or if she's from the old school, a feared matron..
chriswales19(Monday 22nd of September 2008 05:52:29 PM)
Branka Parlic plays Glass like I have never heard him played before. My gosh what a wonderful performer ! Many thanks for sharing !
modernquartet, just a plain and sincere thankyou. My kind of music
sharkyleroux(Friday 25th of April 2008 09:52:54 AM)
This piece was inspired by a Ginsberg poem of the same name. Once upon a time, Glass and Ginsberg would perform this together. I found the audio of their collaboration available on limewire, but havn't found any video. Anyone?
glass' piano works, i have found, can be physically very difficult to play. one has to have incredible technique or else you will end up hurting yourself. for example, the arpeggios she starts at 3:30. it takes stamina and great technique to not strain yourself through that passage (and those are everywhere in the metamorphosis)
V1adimirr(Thursday 17th of April 2008 07:38:16 PM)
And with all those difficulties, the physical difficulty of playing those repetitions and even the difficulty of reading the score with such minute changes, Branka Parlik manages to play not only with accuracy but also with expression and emotion. Great job, great music.
