Note by Christina & Michelle Naughton, to whom the piece is dedicated and who recorded it for Warner Classics:'In addition to being a brilliant adaption of the orchestral piece, the four-hand version...
Arranged for B-flat Soprano Saxophone and Piano.
Influenced by American jazz, this brief piano piece uses disjunct rhythms at break-neck speed. American Berserk was composed in 2001 for the virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson.
Composed in 2007. Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Stanford Lively Arts, and the San Francisco Ballet. Son of Chamber Symphony received its New York premiere performance on February 28, 2008 at Carne...
John Luther Adams' Red Arc/Blue Veil for Mallet Percussion, Piano and Processed Sounds. Composed in 2001. Duration: 12 minutes.
John Luther Adams' Strange Birds Passing for Dorli McWayne and The Fairbanks Flutists. Composed in 1983. Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds. Instrumentation: Piccolo (2) Flute (3) Alto Flute (2) Bass Flu...
John Adams, the composer of this easily played collection, was a pupil of C. S. Lang of Tuba Tune fame. His preludes, mostly just two pages, bear all the hallmarks of an organist who writes with affec...
Published for the first time is the complete piano/vocal score for John Adams's widely acclaimed nativity oratorio El Niño. This significant contemporary large-scale work features a libretto based on...
Phrygian Gates shows a strong influence of Minimalist procedures, and it is Adams' first work to be based on the idea of repetitive cell structure. Phrygian Gates requires a pianist capable of conside...
