I thought I was the only one who heard a resemblance between the better
middle-late period music of Philip Glass and Anton Bruckner, but over the years
a small number of people have at least seen where I came from if they did not
out-and-out agree with me. There are certain aspects of tonality (Their
predilection for modulating to chromatic third relationships), the preponderance
of ostinatos and arpeggios, wide-ranging themes with strong tonalities based on
tonics and fifths, jaunty dotted rhythms and polyrhythmic construction (twos
against threes), voicing, and, probably most of all, a similar idea of
orchestral sound: The "Pruit Igoe" movement from "Koyannisqatsi" sounds like
minimalist Bruckner, and I'm sure AB gave a heavenly grin at the
quintessentially Brucknerian massive brass chorale at the opening of "Songs from
Liquid Days."

It would be interesting to read if other people hear what I hear (or not)!

Viszontlátásra
John Orzel

P.S.: Hi, Joel!