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

罗伯特-布莱克（Robert Black）在科罗拉多州科林斯堡格里芬音乐厅举行的国际低音提琴学会大会上首演了《失眠者的不作为》（The Not Dooings of an Insomniac）--为低音提琴独奏创作的帕蒂塔（Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts）。<菲利普-格拉斯经常到陌生的城市和不同的时区旅行，而这些变化往往会带来阵阵失眠，《失眠者的不作为》（The Not-Doings of an Insomniac）就是在这种情况下发展起来的。2015 年在欧洲旅行时，格拉斯决定将这些多余的清醒时间转化为有用的东西，其中一项成果就是为 Bang on a Can All-Stars 乐队的罗伯特-布莱克（Robert Black）创作的这首《低音提琴独奏帕蒂塔》（Partita for Solo Double Bass）"

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

曲目:
The Not-Doings Of An Insomniac

原文简介:
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.