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Glass: Symphony No. 4, 'Heroes' / The Light

10/30/2007, 7 Tracks, 1:10:07

Featuring

  • Marin Alsop
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Philip Glass

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Composition History

The Light, a piece by Philip Glass, was commissioned by Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and is inspired by the Michelson-Morley experiment, which confirmed the uniform speed of light.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Marin Alsop, the conductor, studied at Yale and the Juilliard School, and won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize at Tanglewood, where she studied with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

In The Light, Philip Glass sought a musical parallel to the Michelson-Morley experiment, creating a piece with an expressive introduction and an energetic main movement to mirror the 'before' and 'after' of modern scientific research.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Philip Glass's Heroes Symphony was inspired by the 1977 album Heroes by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, who drew inspiration from divided West Berlin.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Marin Alsop, the conductor on this album, has been the Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra since 2002 and was named The Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year in 2003.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Philip Glass, though known for his ensemble and stage works, has focused on orchestral music for the last two decades, including eight symphonies.

Source: Booklet

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