Composer, conductor, and creative thinker – John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works, both operatic and symphonic, stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of so
Composer John Adams Leads an Evening of Music for the Mind, If Not the Heart (Posted 2013-05-27 01:09:13) ; at the Library of Congress, the Composer Wraps Up a Celebration of His Work by Conducting . . . His WorkMidgette, Anne...
If the gift’s recipient is John Adams and the giver is his longtime record label Nonesuch, then the answer is “John Adams Collected Works,” a splendid box of 40 discs (39 CDs and one Blu-ray) that includes nearly all of Mr. Adams’s compositions. If such an act seems extravagant,...
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, the foundation’s patron, will present the award to Adams in November. Former laureates include Marc Chagall, Ingmar Bergman, Olivier Messiaen, and Peter Sellars. For more about Adams’ music, read “John Adams’ Development as a Composer Can Be Charted...
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creation, the BMI Student Composer Awards has awarded over 600 individuals, among whom fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, such as John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Kevin Puts, Sean Shepherd, William Bolcom, Cindy McTee, Joseph Schwantner, Bernard Rands, Tobias Picker, Ingram Marshall, and Kristin ...
The comparison between Adams’ music and Marshall’s is germane up to a point, but there are some clear distinctions between them as well. “The difference, I would say, is that John’s music is more architectural,” said composer Peter Garland, who was a classmate of Marshall at the Cal...
“Murphy’s scoresnever fail for rhythmic interest(something like the music of John Adams), and that was the case here. She has, over the years, developed aconsistent musical personality and style, and it is one that, with a certain eclecticism,works well in today’s musical environment.Tec...
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TavenerandTakemitsu. At the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio he conducted the London premiere ofJohn Adams’s I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky(also at the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music), and he was the conductor forBernstein’s Trouble in TahitiandBarber...