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

A Flowering Tree

American Berserk (2001)

At the River

Berceuse élégiaque

Century Rolls

Chain to the Rhythm

Chamber Symphony

China Gates

Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer

Christian Zeal and Activity

Common Tones in Simple Time

Cradle Song

Doctor Atomic

Down East

El Dorado

El Niño

Eros Piano

Fearful Symmetries

Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & ensemble

Grand Pianola Music

Hallelujah Junction

Harmonielehre

Harmonium

Hoodoo Zephyr - highlights

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

John's Book of Alleged Dances

Lollapalooza

Mother of the Man

My Father Knew Charles Ives

Naive and Sentimental Music

Nixon in China

Nixon in China - Highlights

On The Transmigration of Souls

Pat's Aria (from Nixon in China)

Phrygian Gates for solo piano

Road Movies for violin & piano

Serenity

Shaker Loops

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

Thoreau

Tromba Lontana

Violin Concerto

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