Brad Mehldau and his trio—Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums—played to a full house in Salt Lake City earlier this week for their final Stateside performance before heading to Europe early next month. Salt Lake City's Deseret Morning News says, "The beauty of the trio ... was on full display." Nonesuch will release a live record from the trio on March 25.

Nonesuch wishes John Adams a very happy birthday today. He'll be in town this weekend for the New York premiere of his Doctor Atomic Symphony at Carnegie Hall on Saturday. The work is based on orchestral music from Adams's 2005 opera Doctor Atomic, which depicts the final hours leading to the detonation of the first atomic bomb. The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, led by David Robertson, will perform the piece; the ensemble gave the North American premiere last week in St. Louis.