1 Apr 2019

Philip GLASS: String Quartet No 3, Mishima, 6th movement (arr for piano trio)

From Music Alive, 8:00 pm on 1 April 2019

An amuse-bouche to open NZTrio's 'Twine' concert.

Performed by NZTrio: Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello), and Somi Kim (piano).

NZTrio - Somi Kim, Amalia Hall, Ashley Brown

NZTrio - Somi Kim, Amalia Hall, Ashley Brown Photo: Tai Nelson/NZTrio

In 1985, Glass wrote the soundtrack score for Paul Schrader’s film Mishima, A Life in Four Chapters.

Much of the music was written for string quartet and Glass pulled together six sections to create his String Quartet No 3, subtitled Mishima.

And then he arranged the last of those for piano trio.

Recorded by RNZ Concert in the Loft at Q Theatre
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay