Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Neuköln is the fifth movement of Symphony No. 4 ("Heroes") by Philip Glass. The music is derived from a song on singer David Bowie's album "Heroes", which in turn was inspired by the district of the same name, located in central Berlin. A significant portion of the population is of Turkish, Arab and Kurdish descent.
Some people find Philip Glass' music to be a disappointment because of its simplicity, especially his later works like this one. And personally speaking, I can't bear listening to it for long periods of time. But I have to admit that it offers a welcome contrast to the demands that many other modern composers make upon their listeners. Perhaps this contrast, this variety, is one of the defining characteristics of American classical music. Freedom and opportunity.
Purchase the recording by Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony here: amazon.com/Glass-Heroes-Symphony-The-Light/dp/B000L42JAY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1387012542&sr=8-5&keywords=Philip+Glass+heroes
Neuköln is the fifth movement of Symphony No. 4 ("Heroes") by Philip Glass. The music is derived from a song on singer David Bowie's album "Heroes", which in turn was inspired by the district of the same name, located in central Berlin. A significant portion of the population is of Turkish, Arab and Kurdish descent.
Some people find Philip Glass' music to be a disappointment because of its simplicity, especially his later works like this one. And personally speaking, I can't bear listening to it for long periods of time. But I have to admit that it offers a welcome contrast to the demands that many other modern composers make upon their listeners. Perhaps this contrast, this variety, is one of the defining characteristics of American classical music. Freedom and opportunity.
Purchase the recording by Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony here: amazon.com/Glass-Heroes-Symphony-The-Light/dp/B000L42JAY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1387012542&sr=8-5&keywords=Philip+Glass+heroes
