Paul Barnes - Philip Glass Piano Concerto No 2

I performed Philip Glass's Piano Concerto No.2 during Philip Glass's visit to Lincoln for the world premiere of the Piano Quintet "Annunciation" in April of 2018. My dear friend Ron Warren is the Native flutist. Tyler White conducting the UNL Symphony Orchestra.


Piano Concerto No.2 “After Lewis and Clark” (2004)
I. Vision 0:09
II. Sacagawea 12:15
III. The Land 24:14
Paul Barnes, piano
Ron Warren, Native American Flute
UNL Symphony Orchestra, Tyler White, conductor

Piano Concerto No.2 “After Lewis and Clark” (2004)
I commissioned Philip Glass to write his second piano concerto back in 2001. My adopted state of Nebraska was preparing for the bicentennial commemoration of the Lewis and Clark expedition and I knew that Glass would be interested in a musical treatment of this subject. The commission was funded by the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission, the Lied Center for Performing Arts, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. The world premiere performance was given by the Omaha Symphony under the baton of Victor Yampolsky with myself as soloist and R. Carlos Nakai on native American flute.