Happy 75th birthday to the brilliant composer, John Adams! 🎊 To celebrate, here’s a clip of 'The Chairman Dances', which we performed with Karina Canellakis last November. Bachtrack described Adams’s rhythms as 'irresistible' and we’d have to agree 🕺 We’ve got more John Adams to come! We’re performing his high-octane 'Short Ride in a Fast Machine' on Wednesday 23 February at the Southbank Centre, and we can't wait! Find tickets here: https://tickets.lpo.org.uk/events/escape-velocity | London P
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Happy 75th birthday to the brilliant composer, John Adams! 🎊 To celebrate, here’s a clip of 'The Chairman Dances', which we performed with Karina Canellakis last November. Bachtrack described Adams’s rhythms as 'irresistible' and we’d have to agree 🕺 We’ve got more John Adams to come! We’re performing his high-octane 'Short Ride in a Fast Machine' on Wednesday 23 February at the Southbank Centre, and we can't wait! Find tickets here: https://tickets.lpo.org.uk/events/escape-velocity | London P
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A performance of John Adams’ 'The Chairman Dances'
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A performance of John Adams’ 'The Chairman Dances'
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2024–25 season Artistic Partner John Adams (Composer) conducts the first NY Phil performance of his “City Noir” — which he characterizes as “jazz-inflected symphonic music” — on November 14, 2024. | New York Philharmonic
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2024–25 season Artistic Partner John Adams (Composer) conducts the first NY Phil performance of his “City Noir” — which he characterizes as “jazz-inflected symphonic music” — on November 14, 2024. | New York Philharmonic
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John Adams Conducts Brahms | Juilliard Orchestra Live
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John Adams Conducts Brahms | Juilliard Orchestra Live
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Harmonielehre - John Adams | Mostly Modern Festival
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Harmonielehre - John Adams | Mostly Modern Festival
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John Adams: Guide to Strange Places (2001), conducted by Adams himself
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John Adams: Guide to Strange Places (2001), conducted by Adams himself
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A conversation with John Adams | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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A conversation with John Adams | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – BBC Proms 2014
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John Adams - Century Rolls (1997)
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Chamber Symphony - John Adams
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City Noir by John Adams
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John Adams (Composer) and Gabriella Smith discuss their first meeting and how nature influences every part of Smith's art. Adams conducts Smith's organ concerto "Breathing Forests" this week at Severance. https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2324/severance/wk-18-adams/ Want more? Watch two recent productions featuring Adams and The Cleveland Orchestra, "Through the Looking Glass" as well as his Nativity oratorio "El Niño", for free this week only on www.adella.live, our
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John Adams: Harmonielehre, Part 3 // Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra
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John Adams: "The Chairman Dances" with Alan Gilbert | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
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John ADAMS: City Noir (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop)
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John Adams (Composer) speaks about minimalism and how a new generation of American composers are breaking free of tradition. Adams conducts his "City Noir" alongside Gabriella Smith's "Breathing Forests" April 4 and 6. https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2324/severance/wk-18-adams/ | The Cleveland Orchestra
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John Adams - Naïve and Sentimental Music (1999)
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John Adams - Doctor Atomic Symphony (Official Score Video w/ Live Chat Commentary)
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Yale Philharmonia performs John Adams' "Absolute Jest"
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Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music · John Adams & Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
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Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York
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John Adams: A Portrait and Concert of American Music | Netflix
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John Adams - On the Transmigration of Souls (2002)
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John Adams: Harmonium (1980) - excerpt
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Nixon in China - John Adams
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John Adams - Shaker Loops (1982) Score
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Antony and Cleopatra: Orchestra Reading
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John Adams (b. 1947) - Doctor Atomic Symphony
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John Adams on Scheherazade.2 Symphony
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MTT & the SF Symphony: John Adams' Absolute Jest & Grand Pianola Music
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