A new symphony in seven movements is illustrated with NASA's latest images. The premiere of Cosmic Cycles was held last week in Washington.
The images were chosen by the US space agency and organized into seven short films. A similar effort was undertaken more than a century ago by the English composer Gustav Holst, with his famous work The Planets. The beauty of these grandiose images makes them perfect companions for orchestral works, according to Piotr Gajewski, music director of the National Philharmonic.