All three movements of Philip Glass’s first symphony, the “Low Symphony”, inspired by David Bowie and Brian Eno’s 1977 masterpiece Low. Also Moondog Symphonique #1 and Carla Bley’s grand overture “Hotel Overture” to her jazz opera Escalator Over the Hill.

Air date: September 9, 2016

All three movements of Philip Glass’s first symphony, the “Low Symphony”, inspired by David Bowie and Brian Eno’s 1977 masterpiece Low. Also Moondog Symphonique #1 and Carla Bley’s grand overture “Hotel Overture” to her jazz opera Escalator Over the Hill. Air date: September 9, 2016

Episode 110C: Low Symphony, Moondog, and Hotel Overture

Brian Carpenter is the host of Free Association, a free-form radio show broadcast from WZBC-FM Boston College with occasional special guests. Brian Carpenter is an American singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer. He founded Ghost Train Orchestra (Brooklyn NY) in Brooklyn in 2006 and has led the Boston-based band Beat Circus since 2004. Since 2001, Carpenter has produced several radio documentaries on Free Association, including an in-depth examination of sound design in horror and science fiction films.

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Episode 110C: Low Symphony, Moondog, and Hotel Overture

Episode 110C: Low Symphony, Moondog, and Hotel Overture