Charles Amirkhanian hosts a variety of characters on The Morning Concert: "Philip Glass meets Phalen Tassie". A series of outlandish guests, including a preposterous pan-musicologist from London, keep a KPFA fundraising drive entertaining, as Amirkhanian presents excerpts from Glass' new release, "Dance Nos. 1-5", and selections from "Phalen Tassie Sings American Contemporary Songs". Tassie, a former faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, displays her unique vocal delivery in works by Aaron Copland, Otto Luening, John Duke, and other mid-century American composers. The program concludes with Glass’ "Façades", and "Chinese Seasons" by Roger Nixon.

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