1000 Airplanes on the Roof is a so called “science fiction music drama” with music by Philip Glass, story by David Henry Hwang and holographic set projections by Jerome Sirlin’s. And an incredible lead vocal performance from Linda Ronstadt.
Tracklist:
0:00 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
5:55 City Walk
8:08 Girlfriend
14:05 My Building Disappeared
15:51 Screens of Memory
19:24 What Time is Grey
21:41 Labyrinth
27:51 Return to the Hive
32:42 Three Truths
36:32 The Encounter
45:14 Grey Cloud Over New York
47:05 Where Have You Been asked The Doctor
51:00 A Normal Man Running
Music by Philip Glass.
Text by David Henry Hwang.
CAST:
Actor (speech only) S; fl (pic, bcl, wind syn). fl (ssx). ssx (asx, tsx)/ 2 syn
COMMISSION:
Commissioned by the Donau Festival Niederoesterreich, the American Music Theather Festival, Philadelphia, PA and Berlin, Cultural City of Europe 1988
PREMIERE:
July 15, 1988 at the Vienna International Airport, Hangar No. 3
SYNOPSIS:
The character “M” recalls encounters with extra-terrestrial life forms, including their message, “It is better to forget, it is pointless to remember. No one will believe you.” Are the surrealistic details an accurate recollection of a voyage through space, part of a drug-induced nightmare, or the beginning of a mental breakdown?
29 июл 2024