KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: John Adams 40th Birthday Celebration, 2 of 3

Digital Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1987.02.19.c2.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

169 min

Part

2 of 3

Dates

1987-02-19 | broadcast
| 1987-02-19 | created

Description

This three hour special "Marathon Mornings" program features Charles Amirkhanian interviewing John Adams on the occasion of his fortieth birthday. Along with an in-depth interview about his compositions, collaborators, and work as composer in residence with the San Francisco Symphony under Edo de Waart, Charles and Mr. Adams do some wonderful KPFA subscription plugs. The program features several shorter works, and full presentations of Mr. Adams' recordings with the SF Symphony of "Shaker Loops," "The Chairman Dances" from the opera Nixon in China, and "Harmonielehre."

Genres

20th century classical
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

Shaker Loops (1978)

Performers

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor

Subjects

20th century classical
Orchestral music
String orchestra music

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Adams, John, 1947-
Amirkhanian, Charles
De Waart, Edo