“Arguably no classical composer now active in the U.S. has produced so varied or impressive a catalog of works over so long a career as the New England-born, Northern California-based John Adams,” writes John von Rhein in Tuesday’s (7/18) Chicago Tribune. This February Adams turned 70, and “The San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Lyons National Orchestra in France are among the major orchestras sounding fanfares, sometimes with the composer himself conducting…. The world premiere of his new opera ‘Girls of the Golden West’ by the San Francisco Opera [is set for] November. Ravinia has jumped aboard the anniversary bandwagon with an Adams mini-festival of its own this month and next,” with repertoire including Harmonielehre, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Shaker Loops performed by Chicago’s Lincoln Trio, Chamber Symphony and Common Tones in Simple Time performed by The Knights ensemble, and Roll Over Beethoven and Hallelujah Junction performed by pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton. Included is a wide-ranging interview in which Adams discusses “a variety of matters cultural from the remote cabin in the Sierras that has been his creative retreat for some 40 years.”
Posted July 19, 2017
