John Adams
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music

Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music cover art

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Track Listing

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1	Chamber Symphony: Mongrel Airs	7:46
2	Chamber Symphony: Aria with Walking Bass	8:08
3	Chamber Symphony: Roadrunner	5:43
4	Grand Pianola Music: Part IA	15:12
5	Grand Pianola Music: Part IB	7:51
6	Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide	7:55

News & Reviews

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

John Adams Awarded Honorary Degree from Yale University

Congratulations to composer John Adams, who received an honorary degree from Yale University at the school's 312th Commencement held in New Haven yesterday. Adams' fellow honorees include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and author Edwidge Danticat (seated in the photo with Adams). "You have pushed the boundaries of music, layering sound upon sound, playing with silence and speech and song, extending minimalism," read the citation honoring Adams. "Creating symphonies, choral works, concerti, and historical operas, your compositions have comforted and confronted, amused and amazed, challenged and transformed."
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

New John Adams Documentary Film by Mark Kidel to Premiere on BBC4 TV

American Master: A Portrait of John Adams, a new film documentary about composer John Adams by Mark Kidel, will be broadcast for the first time on BBC4 TV on Friday, March 8, at 8 PM. The film, which offers a journey through the musical landscapes of the composer, will be repeated on BBC HD on March 15. The film will also be screened at the Barbican in London on March 16 as a prelude to the European premiere of Adams's The Gospel According to the Other Mary with the LA Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Watch an excerpt from the film here.

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About this Album

These pieces, says the New York Times, “insist that symphonic music can be slyly fun.” Chamber Symphony was influenced both by Schoenberg and children’s cartoons. Grand Pianola Music “pokes fun,” says the Times, “at the heroics of Romantic concerto writing.”

Credits

MUSICIANS
London Sinfonietta
John Adams, conductor
John Alley, piano 1 (4-6)
Shelagh Sutherland, piano 2 (4-6)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by John McClure
Recorded February 1993 at CTS Studios, London
Engineered by Dick Lewzey
Mixed at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California

Design by John Heiden

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz