Philip Glass & Bowie

Philip Glass drew three songs from David Bowie's album Low - Bowie's 50-year-old experiment in blending pop with classical forms - and developed them into Symphony No. 1. The concert marks David Bowie's 80th birthday.

In The Chairman Dances, Chairman Mao performs a strict foxtrot that blossoms into lush string arrangements. The music was composed by John Adams, drawn from his own opera Nixon in China.

Karen Tanaka explores the tension between anxiety and inner peace in Urban Prayer, where cellist Camille Thomas seeks calm through prayer in our restless times.