07 March 2026
Violin Concerto No. 1: I. Quarter note = 104 — quarter note = 120
Gidon Kremer, Christoph von Dohnányi & Vienna Philharmonic
Philip Glass again. My friend Michael always took a dim view of him - and I get it. There's a brash cheapness to Glass that even a skilled violinist like Gidon Kremer can't entirely disguise. But if you asked me what was the music of the great American city before the Fall, I'd say maybe because of its brash cheapness: Glass's Violin Concerto 1. You just have to listen to it to know the fascists will hate it.