KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: An Interview with John Adams, Feb. 1990
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1990.02.13Program Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
66 minDates
1990-02-13 | broadcast| 1990-02-13 | created
Description
From a program recorded in February 1990, Charles Amirkhanian talks with composer John Adams about his music, including his two orchestral works, “The Wound-Dresser” and “Fearful Symmetries.” The composer of the opera “Nixon in China” also delivers a progress report on his next opera, “The Death of Klinghoffer”, as well as discussing his affinity for working with small orchestras, and other sundry topics. Born in Worcester, Mass on February 15, 1947, Adams celebrated his 43rd birthday the week of this recorded broadcast. (from KPFA Folio)Genres
New musicOperas
Musical Selections
Nixon in China: News Has a Kind of Mystery (1985-87) (6:34) -- The Wound-Dresser [text by Walt Whitman] (1988) (18:40)Performers
James Maddalena, baritone (Nixon ; Wound)Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Nixon ; Wound)
Edo de Waart, conductor (Nixon)
Sanford Sylvan, baritone (Wound)
Naoko Tanaka, violin (Wound)
Chris Gekker, trumpet (Wound)
John Adams, conductor (Wound)
Subjects
20th century classicalNew music
Operas -- Excerpts
Minimal music
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Orchestra of St. Luke’sAmirkhanian, Charles
Adams, John, 1947-
Maddalena, James
De Waart, Edo
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Sylvan, Sanford
Tanaka, Naoko
Gekker, Chris