Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Philip Glass – Etude No. 2 (Book 1)
Since the original video was accidentally deleted, I’ve replaced it with footage from NASA’s website—specifically, an animation B-roll showing Orion’s journey to the Moon on Artemis I.
(To be honest, whenever I listen to or perform this etude by Philip Glass, I always imagine space—so it feels fitting.)
*Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1, was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that was launched in November 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked the agency's return to lunar exploration after the conclusion of the Apollo program five decades earlier. It was the first integrated flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket, and its main objective was to test the Orion spacecraft, especially its heat shield, in preparation for subsequent Artemis missions. These missions seek to reestablish a human presence on the Moon and demonstrate technologies and business approaches needed for future scientific studies, including exploration of Mars.
**Philip Glass’ first set of Etudes were composed in the mid 1990s. In a recent interview about this set of works he commented saying:
“The point of the etudes, originally, was to strengthen my piano playing and that actually worked. I actually got to be a better player by learning those pieces – that would be the first ten. The first ten I wrote in the 90s through 2001, the second ten I wrote in 2004 to the present.
The first ten really have a pedagogical aspect to them for my own development. The second set have nothing or very little to do with that. I began working on a world of ideas. The issue of tonality has been a major issue in music for about 300 years and it hasn’t gone away. With all the 12 tone music of the 20th century we still have tons of tonal music around. 12 tone music made a slight dent, but not a very big one.”
Piano: an old C. Bechstein model C grand piano
Coversart streamings / socials:
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#philipglass #piano #nasa
Philip Glass – Etude No. 2 (Book 1)
Since the original video was accidentally deleted, I’ve replaced it with footage from NASA’s website—specifically, an animation B-roll showing Orion’s journey to the Moon on Artemis I.
(To be honest, whenever I listen to or perform this etude by Philip Glass, I always imagine space—so it feels fitting.)
*Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1, was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that was launched in November 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked the agency's return to lunar exploration after the conclusion of the Apollo program five decades earlier. It was the first integrated flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket, and its main objective was to test the Orion spacecraft, especially its heat shield, in preparation for subsequent Artemis missions. These missions seek to reestablish a human presence on the Moon and demonstrate technologies and business approaches needed for future scientific studies, including exploration of Mars.
**Philip Glass’ first set of Etudes were composed in the mid 1990s. In a recent interview about this set of works he commented saying:
“The point of the etudes, originally, was to strengthen my piano playing and that actually worked. I actually got to be a better player by learning those pieces – that would be the first ten. The first ten I wrote in the 90s through 2001, the second ten I wrote in 2004 to the present.
The first ten really have a pedagogical aspect to them for my own development. The second set have nothing or very little to do with that. I began working on a world of ideas. The issue of tonality has been a major issue in music for about 300 years and it hasn’t gone away. With all the 12 tone music of the 20th century we still have tons of tonal music around. 12 tone music made a slight dent, but not a very big one.”
Piano: an old C. Bechstein model C grand piano
Coversart streamings / socials:
https://linktr.ee/Coversart
#philipglass #piano #nasa
![Jóhann Jóhannsson - Ruslpóstur [Reworked] #piano #music #ambient #neoclassical](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pM2GVkc-zi8/mqdefault.jpg "Jóhann Jóhannsson - Ruslpóstur [Reworked] #piano #music #ambient #neoclassical
Here is my rework of Ruslpóstur by Jóhann Jóhannsson, from the film Dís.
A blend of acoustic piano, subtle electronics, and field recordings — somewhere between neoclassical, ambient, and cinematic.
watch Jóhann Jóhannsson - Ruslpóstur [Reworked] video:
https://youtu.be/cshSW_yuCa4?si=dk-DuWDDu19CVKuR
Coversart streamings / socials:
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![Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti) [Reworked] / @coversart](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qlcJadhGTeU/mqdefault.jpg "Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti) [Reworked] / @coversart
Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti) Reworked
Today’s upload features the reworked version from last Friday’s release — a four-track piano EP centered around the Prelude in B minor by J.S. Bach, as transcribed by Alexander Siloti. This beloved miniature — originally from Bach’s Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and later adapted for The Well-Tempered Clavier — has inspired generations of pianists.
🎧 Out now on all platforms: https://album.link/prelude
This Prelude in B minor was originally composed by Johann Sebastian Bach as part of the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, catalogued as BWV 855a. The version most familiar to modern audiences, however, is a romantic piano arrangement made by pianist and conductor Alexander Siloti, a student of Franz Liszt.
Siloti transposed the piece from E minor to B minor and made subtle yet expressive changes in voicing and texture, bringing out its lyrical and meditative qualities. The sustained left-hand arpeggios and delicate right-hand melody reflect a more introspective and romantic character, while still preserving the essence of Bach’s original writing.
This version has become one of the most beloved transcriptions of a Baroque work, often performed as an encore piece for its emotional depth, simplicity, and timeless beauty.
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