Tonight at the 92nd Street Y in New York City: The Composer's Voice: John Adams. John Adams will talk with Juilliard dean Ara Guzelimian about his career; his opera Doctor Atomic, which receives its New York premiere at the Met next week; and his new memoir, Hallelujah Junction, just published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. The program also features "musical illustrations" by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, baritone Jordan Shanahan, and pianist Linda Hall.
Tonight at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, John Adams will participate in The Composer's Voice: John Adams, in which the composer will talk with Juilliard dean Ara Guzelimian about his career; his opera Doctor Atomic; and his new memoir, Hallelujah Junction. The program also features "musical illustrations" by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, baritone Jordan Shanahan and pianist Linda Hall. For more info and tickets, visit 92y.org
This week marks the release of Adams' memoir, Hallelujah Junction from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and the accompanying 2-CD set of his work; these can be purchased together at the Nonesuch Store.
Doctor Atomic will receive its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on October 13. The opera tells the story of the days leading up to the testing of the first atomic bomb in 1945, and the involvement of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Due to the generosity of a Met board member, some of the best seats are now available for the subsidized price of $30 each, instead of the usual $175 to $220. For more info, background, interviews, and tickets, visit metopera.org
Adams was also the subject of a profile this weekend on NPR's All Things Considered. Producer Jeff Lunden spoke with Adams about his career, and about composing operas, and also interviewed Doctor Atomic director Peter Sellars, and New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. Listen to the piece that aired on the radio, as well as exclusive web-only content and streams of John Adams's music at npr.org
Also this past Sunday, in the UK, Adams was the subject of The Times column "A Life in the Day," in which he discusses his daily routine, revealing a love of cooking and that he's "a disgraceful stay-at-home person who’s a terrible dancer and prefers to read." Read more at entertainment.timesonline.co.uk.
Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette ran a feature about John Adams on Sunday, highlighting his role as composer of the year for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The article focuses on Adams's "penchant for politics," calling him "not simply a contemporary composer but someone inspired by the contemporary." Read the whole article at post-gazette.com.
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