(Robert Thurman, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Philip Glass, and others at 2014′s Tibet House Benefit concert. Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
The relationship between minimalist composer and pianist Philip Glass and David Bowie dates back to 1992, when Glass wrote a symphony based on the themes and structures of David Bowie’s 1977 album Low. Glass’s Symphony No. 1: Low debuted in 1992 and was released a year later to critical acclaim. Then, in 1996, Glass again embraced Bowie’s work for Symphony No. 4: Heroes, which used musical ideas and motifs from Bowie’s 1977 album Heroes; it was released in 1996.
“Those were great pop music record that went against the grain of what other pop music was doing,” Glass tells Yahoo Music. “They were completely revolutionary, both musically and structurally, and it was a lot of fun to work with the themes to create these symphonies.”
The relationship between minimalist composer and pianist Philip Glass and David Bowie dates back to 1992, when Glass wrote a symphony based on the themes and structures of David Bowie’s 1977 album Low. Glass’s Symphony No. 1: Low debuted in 1992 and was released a year later to critical acclaim. Then, in 1996, Glass again embraced Bowie’s work for Symphony No. 4: Heroes, which used musical ideas and motifs from Bowie’s 1977 album Heroes; it was released in 1996.
“Those were great pop music record that went against the grain of what other pop music was doing,” Glass tells Yahoo Music. “They were completely revolutionary, both musically and structurally, and it was a lot of fun to work with the themes to create these symphonies.”
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