Philip Glass: "Symphony No. 8"
1st November 2005
Philip Glass
© Mark Seliger
[For this new work,] Dennis Russell Davies asked me to think of the orchestra as a collection of virtuoso instruments as you would find in a concerto formation. Symphony No. 8 starts from this point in presenting ideas involved with timbre, density, structure, and melody.
— Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 8
Duration: 30'
3(pic).2(ca).2(Ebcl)+bcl.2/43Ctpt(high Etpt)2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(cel).hp/str
