In 2007 Philip Glass began a collaboration with violinist Tim Fain when Fain played on Glass’s Book of Longing, a song-cycle set to poems by Leonard Cohen. Since that time Glass became interested in Fain s interpretations and was chosen to perform with the Glass Chamber Players. Fain has been an advocate of Glass s music as a soloist for both Glass violin concertos, performed and recorded Glass’s Double Concerto for Violin & Cello, and for the past couple years has toured extensively with Glass in a Duo program. All this activity led to Glass composing Partita for Solo Violin specifically for Fain, and is featured on this disc in its world-premiere recording. This piece is the central work around which their duo performances are based, and Fain has incorporated the Partita into his multimedia project Portals. This recital also features solo violin music from Einstein on the Beach, the interludes from the Second Violin Concerto, and the solo violin music from Book of Longing.
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