The Not-Doings of an Insomniac Partita for Double Bass and Poetry Reader 組曲 低音大提琴

羅伯特-布萊克（Robert Black）在科羅拉多州科林斯堡格裡芬音樂廳舉行的國際低音提琴學會大會上首演了《失眠者的不作為》（The Not Dooings of an Insomniac）--為低音提琴獨奏創作的帕蒂塔（Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts）。<菲力浦-格拉斯經常到陌生的城市和不同的時區旅行，而這些變化往往會帶來陣陣失眠，《失眠者的不作為》（The Not-Doings of an Insomniac）就是在這種情況下發展起來的。2015 年在歐洲旅行時，格拉斯決定將這些多餘的清醒時間轉化為有用的東西，其中一項成果就是為 Bang on a Can All-Stars 樂隊的羅伯特-布萊克（Robert Black）創作的這首《低音提琴獨奏帕蒂塔》（Partita for Solo Double Bass）"

作曲家: Philip Glass
樂器: Double Bass
出版社: Chester Music

曲目:
The Not-Doings Of An Insomniac

原文簡介:
The Not-Doings of an Insomniac - Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts - was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Not-Doings of an Insomniac developed as a result of Philip Glass's frequent travels to unfamiliar cities and different time-zones, changes that often bring on bouts of insomnia. While on a trip in Europe in 2015, Glass decided to turn these redundant waking hours into something useful, and one of the results is this Partita for Solo Double Bass, written for Robert Black of Bang on a Can All-Stars fame.

The piece is written in seven movements, each with its own title: Not Dreaming, Tasting, Smelling, Hearing, Seeing, Touching respectively, and finishing with Not Beginning. Not Ending. What raises this set into something atmospheric and theatrical are the poems in between each movement. These are by Glass's friends or associates, and the texts by Lou Reed, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Arthur Russell are read on the recording of this work by Robert Black.