John Adamsโs America
Americana
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26-Apr-2022
REICH Three Movements for Orchestra
GLASS Faรงades from ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด
SIMON ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
SMITH ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด
ADAMS ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด?
Composer-conductor John Adams curates and conducts a program of living American composers โ from minimalist icons Steve Reich and Philip Glass to emerging composers Gabriella Smith and Carlos Simon โ including a recent composition of his own. Conversations with Adams, saxophone soloist Steven Banks, and bold young composers reveal images of American music past, present and future.
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