Chamber Series: John Adams Chamber Symphony at the RNCM
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Chamber Series: John Adams Chamber Symphony
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As part of the Hallé’s John Adams Festival, audiences are invited to hear players and guest artists perform three classic Adams works for smaller ensembles, in the intimate surroundings of the RNCM.
This afternoon concert shows John Adams pulling minimalism off its pedestal and into everyday America. Chamber Symphony is Schoenberg spliced with Saturday-morning cartoons: tightly wound modernism colliding with pop culture. Hallelujah Junction and John’s Book of Alleged Dances push the idea further, making virtuosity a thrill rather than a barrier, and showing Adams as the playful experimenter.
John Adams Chamber Symphony
John Adams Hallelujah Junction
John Adams John’s Book of Alleged Dances
Euan Shields – Hallé Assistant Conductor and Hallé Youth Orchestra Music Director
Eliza McCarthy – Piano
James McVinnie – Piano
Musicians from the Hallé
Musicians from the RNCM
