Showing posts with label John Adams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Adams. Show all posts
7.8.16

Ionarts at Large: BSO Tackles Difficult Work at Tanglewood

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Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads the BSO and pianist Ingrid Fliter (photo by Hilary Scott) It was reasonable to leave the Friday evening...
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4.12.14

On Forbes: The Met's Klinghoffer Brouhaha

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“The verdict was in, right after the premiere: The Death of Klinghoffer , John Adams’ opera that was performed at the MET to vociferous an...
15.11.14

Dip Your Ears, No. 181 (Doctor Atomic, Listener’s Digest)

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John Adams, Doctor Atomic Symphony, Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine P.Oundjian / Royal Scottish NO Chandos SACD Sco...
22.10.14

Final Word on 'Death of Klinghoffer'

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Death of Klinghoffer , Metropolitan Opera (photo by Ken Howard) The reviews are in for the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Deat...
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6.6.14

Another Ninth Symphony

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T. F. Kelly, First Nights: Five Musical Premiers (including Beethoven's ninth symphony) (Yale UP, 2001) Both of the pieces on this w...
17.5.14

NSO New Moves

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Some of the great scores of music history were made to accompany dancing. All too often, musicians and conductors play these without thinkin...
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21.9.13

John Adams' New Saxophone Concerto

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Charles T. Downey, John Adams’ new concerto shows sax appeal in American premiere ( The Classical Review , September 21) By composing a sa...
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1.6.13

Second Opinion: John Adams and his City Noir

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Many thanks to Robert R. Reilly for this review from The Kennedy Center. Last Thursday, American composer John Adams led the National Sym...
31.5.13

John Adams Back with the NSO

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J. Adams, City Noir (inter alia), Los Angeles Philharmonic, G. Dudamel (2009) John Adams is coming to the end of his latest visit to W...
25.5.13

John Adams Residency, Day 3

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Adams, Son of Chamber Symphony , ICE, J. Adams (2011) [ REVIEW ] John Adams has not done himself any favors during his residency this w...
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24.5.13

John Adams Residency, Day 2

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E.-P. Salonen, Lachen verlernt (inter alia), J. Koh (2009) Adams, Road Movies (inter alia), J. Koh, R. Uchida (2010) Half of the con...
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23.5.13

John Adams Residency, Day 1

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Fellow Traveler: Complete String Quartet Works of John Adams , Attacca Quartet ( released on March 26, 2013 ) Azica ACD-71280 | 65' ...
18.2.12

Ionarts-at-Large: The Currentzis Dances

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Orchestra-gossip needs to be taken with a grain of salt, or sometimes a satchel. The young conductor Teodor Currentzis , dubbed by the press...
23.9.11

Son of Chamber Symphony: It's Alive

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See my review of a new recording of the string quartet and second chamber symphony of John Adams, in the Sunday Arts section of the Washin...
4.12.10

Ionarts-at-Large: The Courtship of Andris Nelsons

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As Andris Nelsons led the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in two concerts on Thursday and Friday, two impressions were paramount: “Isn’t i...
21.5.10

More John Adams with the NSO

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The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer , ed. Thomas May The final installment in John Adams’s residency at the Ke...
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14.5.10

NSO Puts John Adams in Perspective

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Read my review published today on the Washington Post Web site: Charles T. Downey, Adams brings his own "Perspectives" to the NSO...
18.8.09

Doctor Atomic

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John Adams, Doctor Atomic , G. Finley, J. Rivera, E. Owens, De Nederlandse Opera, L. Renes (released on September 30, 2008) Opus Arte 0998 D...
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