I played this for my grandfather when he was in hospice on my grandmas piano, he was pretty much entirely unresponsive and wouldn’t move or speak but when I played this he opened his eyes and watched and then he said “I love you” to me. It was probably the last music that he heard before passing that same night. Wonderful piece with so much meaning.

How incredible is it that we can hear a composer preform their own work like this? Unbelievably beautiful.

Just had my first piano lesson today, at the age of 41. My end goal is to be able to play Mad Rush. Wish me luck...

I was there, I was only 18 at the time. The man next to me cried the whole time. Me too. It was a huge moment. To this day, it's still the most beautiful thing that has been given to me to see.

My brother who passed away a few years ago , was alone most of his life. I found 9 Philip Glass cd's . After listening to this music ,it must have been what gave him peace.

How incredibly privileged are we to be able to listen and watch an amazing living composer play his own work. Just beautiful.

One of those pieces that stick with you for life...exhilarating

being interrupted by an add while listening to this is terrorizing....

Played this recording to my dad on his death bed. It was the best thing I could think of playing for him on his journey to the wherever with peace and joy. Thanks forever to Phillip Glass.

All the musicians in the orchestra are stunned. You feel something special is happening.

I'm a huge PG fan and had seen him play many times since I first saw him live in 1987. He doesn't perform anymore at 86, but he's still writing music. I just saw him in Carnegie Hall a few months back and he was up in the balcony and we waved at each other. I then pumped my fist in the air and he did the same. Love ya PG!

"Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication."

going to the mountains in the night and playing this on my headphones while looking at the stars. Bliss!

A lot of people play Glass's piano music with a certain rigidity. It's great to hear him play with a more organic approach. An undulation of phrase.....a natural ebb and flow.

My mother died when I was 13 in 1983, and I remember playing Philip's cassette probably a hundred times over the course of the next 6 months. His music will forever transport me.

Merci Mr Glass. Je suis fan depuis ma première écoute il y a vingt ans. J'aurai aimé assisté à l'une de vos représentation, mais ceci est toujours un souhait non réalisé. Celà restera un rêve ... Chapeau bas pour ce grand, grand artiste.

The expression on the violins face in the background is really what this is

i saw Philip Glass at a tiny college theater two weeks ago. he walked out and sat at a grand piano and started to play Mad Rush. i instantly started crying. i couldnt believe i was witnessing him perform 10 feet from me.

The way that lady looks that him in the background... my face the whole time

This man has had such an enormous impact on the art of the 20th century and the man on the street has no idea who he is. We literally live in a world that’s been shaped by Phil Glass.

The orchestra members had the best seats in the house, and their faces say all that needs to be said about this performance.

Philip Glass, Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Hania Rani, and the list goes on. I was resistant to modern composers until I heard these folks. I leveled in music appreciation for sure.

Something about how the piano resonates creates this almost pseudo-orchestral or choral shimmer to the piece. One of my favorite performances by one of my favorite composers

Le maître, le boss, le magicien de l'harmonie, un orchestre à lui tout seul

3 ads in a piece like that is criminal.

The most beautiful and saddest music I've ever heard. I love you Phillip Glass.

I loved the woman in the cello beside him. She's actually feeling it.

This in the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

So touching the passionate looks on the faces of the musicians. deeply moving even as a recording, just imagine sitting right there.

Somebody's soul is invisible, but sometimes you can hear it.

This really blows my socks right off. It's so beautiful. And a joy to watch the composer. Watch his beautiful hands.We are truly blessed to have lived in an age when Philip Glass composed and played so wondrously.

There's a meditative quality to his music. When I first it stopped me on my tracks. It's mystical in such a fast moving world. It conjured up so many emotions I didn't,and I still don't have the language to express.

He makes me cry, it's so just and beautiful

I had a bad day today and I am literally crying while listening. It is so beautiful.

He deserved every clap and cheer after that beautiful performance.

I love the expressions and emotions from the artists behind him

The first I heard of Philip Glass was Metamorphosis in Person of Interest. Since then I have only grown in my admiration for the flow in his music. It feels as if the music of nature, effortless if you don't look at the artist performing it. It is a rare quality among musicians to make the music more natural. Everyone has their own taste and their own soul. This kind of music comes when your soul is one with the universe.

My brother played this beautifully at my grandmother's funeral. It was on a full grand in a church, and it sounded truly breathtaking. Maybe it was because it was a sad day, but it really brought me to tears. Every time I hear it now, I get emotional. Thank you Philip Glass.

There is so much expression and feeling in the way he performs. Far from being repetitive, we can hear so much melancholy, resignation, wisdom.

Such reverence from the entire orchestra!

Wow! I saw him in Guanajuato, here in Mexico, strong wind blowing in his hair, rain, i worship him 🌺💜🌺

It's always a pleasure to see the composer playing his own music

What makes good music? Is it just the notes, rhythms and harmonies? Glass creates music that really focuses on the "something beyond".

C'est fantastique ! La plus belle version, la vraie, celle de celui qui l'a composée ! Merci pour ce moment de grâce !

This music either touches you or it does not. Too bad for you if you're not feeling it. I am from the boogie-down Bronx, and I love this man's music. I know what I like! I will be following any upcoming performances and if I have to travel to have the experience, so be it!!!!

its incredible how much expression can be achieved with simple arpeggios and a piano...

You just can't skip or forward it...Amazing..

"Somebody's soul is invisible, but sometimes you can hear it." - Echo Delta, what a beautiful thing said. I go to another world whenever I listen to Philip Glass. I do not understand how this performance has received 277 thumbs down. May he live on for many more years to come.

The facial expressions and reactions from the orchestra members say it all.

Fantastic its always great to hear the Composer playing their own music because you get the authentic version.

Once you've started listening to this piece, it's just impossible to stop. Mesmerising!

Absolutely beautiful composition, and being played by Philip Glass himself - perfection!

Tonight I just heard Philip Glass play this live in Malmö Concert House, Sweden.

The woman in the background at 4:16 looks like she's going to tear up. I would be tearing up too. In fact if you look at the people in the orchestra 4:16 you see how moved they are.

Watching the musicians, their faces express more than my words ever could...

This punches you right in the heart and then sooothes it. Bloody Bravo!

I very fondly remember Philip Glass playing some of his beautiful solo piano works beautifully with my son (who also loves music) for The High Performance Rodeo of One Yellow Rabbit (I think it was 2002 or 2003). It was one of my most special moments with my son; we were both transported by the music and the person of Philip Glass. My son, being the great son that he is, bought Philip's CD ("Etudes for piano'" (Vol 1) and gave it to me as a birthday gift that year. I listen to it daily (along with a weekly listening to Philip's "The Song of the Trilogy". Thank you Philip and the Maison Symphonique for this which I have bookmarked.

This song is a lifetime . the hapiness and sadness , the LIFE, that breathes in and out thoughout the piece and slowly reaches it's end like we all will one day . Those last 3 minutes leave your soul emotion'd out

Quelle jolie mélodie, quelle douceur, quel calme . . . merci monsieur Glass

La musique de Philip Glass m'accompagne depuis plus de 40 ans... Je l'avais découvert par une radio communautaire (en fait, la radio de l'école), ainsi que Wim Mertens (Soft Verdict).

Complètement fan de philip Glass depuis toujours

You can find videos of prodigies maestros and virtuosos playing Philip Glass. But it's always special to hear it played by the fingers that wrote it.

Yes the music is repetitious. It has the pulse of life.......the expression of things alive. And from there you reach out or reach back according to the phase of the moon... Yes there is also a stillness in the music indicating the shortness of life and the closeness of death which is the human predicament.

I have been a fan for years... this man made me want to play the piano.

I listened to this 5 times in a row. I'll probably be back again :)

What strikes me the most is the expression of the other musicians. They look at Glass and his peformance with such reverence, pleasure, and admiration - they seem to be truly enjoying the privileged position in which they are.

His music is Divine Breath

So simple yet so sophisticated!....listening to it over and over again. Thanks Maestro.

Great composer and musician, I would stay hours to see him playing.

Philip Glass' performance may not be as technical as that of other performers (and I certainly love Branka Parlich's interpretation), yet there is something inexplicably magical when listening to the MAN himself that makes me watch this video over and over again. I can't explain it but I know I'll be back for more.

This makes me want to write the best screenplay ever

For me, one of the best composers today....

Listening to this music, I cannot avoid the feeling "it is good to be alive."

This is such a compelling concert . . . particularly for Glass fans such as myself . . . full of emotion,sensitivity, love . . .this music revives my spirit . . thank you Maestro Glass.

I was blessed to be invited to that show. What a beautiful gift. It was absolutly amazing !

Perfection! Flawless ultimate musicianship! And Philip Glass is better than ever in his 78th year!

15 minutes of magic!

j aurais tellement aimé être là.

i love how intently and seemingly admiringly that violinist with the best seat in the house is watching ....

This piece makes me tear up and get goosebumps, especially at the coda

This brought me to tears... listening while reading some of the comments.. truly beautiful music

he's an excellent pianist! I wish I could play the piano like him

I have been a great fan of Philip Glass for years, Love all his music and I agree with everything De Profundis has written below.

This is probably my favorite performance of this piece I've heard. On the CD version (on the "Solo Piano" CD), the changes in tempo and volume are much more delineated, sometimes calling attention to themselves. On the other hand, in the recording in this video, Glass reigns it in a bit, and instead of adding volume in the more expansive parts, adds a fuller depth in the bottom range of the piano, exchanging that fuller sound for the bigger volume on the CD version.

Wonderful...can't stop playing over and over. Bravo!

This is just the most divine, sweetest and poignant music ever composed! Brings me to tears every time I hear it! Phillip Glass is a true genius and master musician. The members of the orchestra seated nearby exude awe and reverence - rightly so! I for one feel truly blessed and grateful to have come across Phillip's music. He touches my heart and soul!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Diese Musik macht süchtig! Sie beinhaltet für mich alles, was Kraft Beständigkeit, Freude, ... und Ruhe vermitteln. WUNDERBAR!

This guy composed the most powerful opera. He changed the structure of the traditional opera. So i dare to say that Akhnaten is the greatest composition of all time. Listening to Akhnaten is a uplifting experience. Thank you Philip Glass!

Je voudrais jouer comme lui, un jour. Je vais pratiquer maintenant.

Bon pied bon oeil. Quel homme et quel artiste ! May you be everlasting

Es simplemente sublime. No tengo mas que agradecimientos. Como me gustaria conocerlo.

Beautifully played 👏

This is the reason why I started playing piano. Now I'm just three weeks on track and I think I'm fairly good at it. I can play all the notes and ritmes. I'm proud...

What a gift to have been in that audience. My new favorite composer.

One of these days I will hear Philip glass live and I know I’ll be sobbing, I love u u changed my musical perception

He is a master, I so glad to have discovered this video!

Vi a Philip en Bogotá, Colombia. Ver que en este video pasa su mano derecha sobre su mano izquierda para alcanzar esas solitarias notas bajas, exactamente igual a como recuerdo haberlo visto acá, es muy emocionante, lloré.

He got me crying right there.. phewww🥲

Love you, Philip.

his music is so amazing.