John Adams

(b.1947)

John Adams (b.1947)

American composer and leading exponent of minimalism, as found in Short Ride in a Fast Machine.

He has also written the opera Nixon in China.

New releases

Works

American Berserk (2001)

Berceuse élégiaque

Chain to the Rhythm

Chamber Symphony

Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer

Christian Zeal and Activity

Common Tones in Simple Time

Fearful Symmetries

Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & ensemble

Grand Pianola Music

Hallelujah Junction

Hoodoo Zephyr - highlights

I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky

John's Book of Alleged Dances

Mother of the Man

My Father Knew Charles Ives

My grandson Didi, who is five

Naive and Sentimental Music

Nixon in China - Highlights

On The Transmigration of Souls

Phrygian Gates for solo piano

Road Movies for violin & piano

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Slonimsky's Earbox

Strange and Sacred Noise

The Chairman Dances

The Death of Klinghoffer

The Dharma at Big Sur

The Wound-Dresser

This is Prophetic

Violin Concerto

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