John Adams turns 70 in 2017
3rd June 2016
© Deborah O'Grady
Among the performances of Harmonielehre next season are the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by the composer, in September, and the New York Philharmonic led by Alan Gilbert in March (New York) and April (London and Hamburg). In 2014 the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano, created a multimedia installation of Harmonielehre with vivid digital projections on a giant spherical dome.
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The 2015 Edinburgh Festival opened with The Harmonium Project, which transformed the outside of the Usher Hall into a canvas of moving images (seen by more than 20,0000 people) to accompany Harmonium performed by the Royal National Scottish Orchestra and the Festival Chorus.
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Several of these now classic works have been featured in film and television with great effect, including 'Birdman,' 'I am Love,' and 'True Detective.'
Orchestral works published by AMP
The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra (1985) - 12 Minutes
Common Tones in Simple Time (1979) - 19 Minutes
Grand Pianola Music (1981) - 30 Minutes
Harmonielehre (1985) - 40 Minutes
Harmonium (1981) - 33 Minutes
Shaker Loops (1978) - 26 Minutes
We hope you'll consider programming one of these works to celebrate John Adams's seventieth birthday!
