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Symphony No. 10 is a piece composed in 2012 by innovative minimalist composer Philip Glass commissioned by the Orchestre Francais Des Jeunes for world premiere the sameyear. Symphony No. 10 is one of Glass's most recent works continuing a run of commissions that have been widely acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. The world premiere of thiscomposition in five movements was performed on August 9th 2012 under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies. 

The Light is a portrait in music of the scientists Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley and their studies of the velocity of light through their memorable experiments which concluded at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio 1887. This is the full orchestral score of Philip Glass’ work composed in 1987.

Written for orchestra. Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC Leonard Slatkin musical director.

Philip Glass has produced ten symphonies so far the ones immediately preceding this one inspired by sources as diverse as Allen Ginsberg poetry Aboriginal writings and Native American song. Symphony No 8 however has noreferences to non-musical materials and takes as its subject according to Glass ‘the language of music itself’.The three-movement work does not conform to classical symphonic form with an extended twenty-minute first movement a slow passacaglia for the second movement and a short dense theme joined by a counter theme then ending with an extended cadence to complete the work in the third movement. Symphony No 8 was commissioned by the BrucknerOrchester Linz under the direction of Dennis Russell Davis.American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as aminimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.’ His operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small andlarge ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his own performing group The Philip Glass Ensemble.