Listening (Philip Glass, "Einstein on the Beach" (1976)

Through my listening in class and my attendance of the Bruckner Orchester Linz performance in Wait Chapel I have become extremely interested in Philip Glass's compositions. I like how he uses minimalism and incorporates innovative ideas, like having the singers recite numbers while a women recites a monologue about consumption in society. I also feel that the title, "Einstein on the Beach" is very creative an symbolic. Einstein represents the scientific element of the piece, however the beach and Einstein don't really have anything in common. I think that lack of connection is symbolic. Also I like how he uses electronic music as well as strings.