Philip Glass (1937)

The Light (1987)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1987
    • Duration: 24 mn
    • Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
    • Commission: Michelson-Morely Centennial Celebration
Detailed formation
  • 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, 1 piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 29 October 1987

    Performers:

    l'orchestre symphonique de Cleveland, direction : Christoph von Dohnani.