National Symphony Orchestra Ireland plays Music by Philip Glass from the music of Bowie & Eno

NSO,David Brophy, conductor.Symphony No. 1 “Low”-Symphony No. 4 “Heroes” .Having turned 88 ,Philip Glass, the father of minimalism,is one of the most influential composers of his generation who has produced hypnotic,era-defining music for the concert hall, opera house and cinema screen.10 years after his death, Bowie remains one of the most original and uncategorisable music-makers of the last century.Morphing from Ziggy & Aladdin Sane to the Thin White Duke,his late musical Lazarus & swansong confessional,Blackstar,Bowie was the great chameleon of popular music.The NSO and David Brophy perform 2 symphonies by Glass inspired by seminal albums by Bowie & Eno that took popular music into new realms.Music of startling originality & surprisingly vivid emotions.Composing his 1sr Symphony, Glass turned to Bowie’s 77 collaboration with Eno, Low, a daring experiment in fusing art rock with electronic & ambient music.With the heft and richer colours of an orchestra added .