Glass: Aguas da Amazonia — CD

This album features Philip Glass's iconic work Aguas da Amazonia in a new arrangement created in partnership with Twyla Tharp for her Diamond Jubilee program. Twyla encouraged us to put our own musical personality into the work as we honed in on a bespoke version of this music that fit Twyla’s vision for her new dance work.

TCP’s Production Manager, Colin Campbell, designed, built, and sourced new instruments and customized methods of amplifying and recording the peculiar instrument collection for these arrangements. The instrumentation includes a marimba made of glass and another made of red oak planks, a set of chromatically tuned PVC pipes, a sun drum (tunable tongue drum), synthesizers, and a djembe.

Flutist Connie Volk adds a vital layer to these arrangements with playing that includes her own solos over Glass’s musical material. She also contributed a beautiful original artwork which is featured in this album’s graphic design.