Einstein On The Beach the opera from which Knee Play 2 was extracted was a seminal work that broke all the rules being non-linear non-narrative episodic dreamlike and five hours long.Knee Play 2 is one of the number songs composed for scene changes simply set to Organ and using numbers and solfege syllables as text. American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of themost celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.'Glass' operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his own performing group ThePhilip Glass Ensemble.This four minute piece is the second Knee Play from Einstein On The Beach and is scored for Violin.

 edition dirigée par Yannick MerlinCette composition instrumentale est inspirée du texte du Psaume 136, Il évoque l'exil à Babylone, La musique exprime à la fois la nostalgie, l'amertume et la tristesse du peuple, tout en laissant une bonne part à la danse, Le style musical employé est une synthèse personnelle entre le dynamisme de la musique minimaliste (utilisé toujours chez moi avec parcimonie, sans excès), et une tradition française des harmonies colorées et des modulations, L'oeuvre a connu un très grand succès dès sa première, avec au violon Beata Halska en 2011, / Violon Et Orgue