Philip Glass (1937)

Symphony No. 8 (2005)

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2005
    • Duration: 39 mn
    • Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
    • Commission: Bruckner Orchester Linz, direction : Dennis Russell Davies.
Detailed formation
  • 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet), 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets (also 2 trumpets [en mib] ), 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 4 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 2 November 2005
    Location:

    USA, New York City, Brooklyn Academy of Music


    Performers:

    Bruckner Orchester Linz, direction : Dennis Russell Davies.