John Adams
Beethoven Influences 'John Adams: Absolute Jest & Grand Pianola Music' [REVIEW]
The New York Choral Society Presents 'For Those We've Loved' at Carnegie Hall, Includes Works by John Adams and Paul Hindemith
The New York Choral Society will be presenting a concert at Carnegie Hall titled 'For Those We’ve Loved.' The program will include "On the Transmigration of Souls" by John Adams and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" by Paul Hindemith. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Leon Klinghoffer's Daughters Respond to Metropolitan Opera, John Adams' 'Death of Klinghoffer'
The Metropolitan Opera's new production of The Death of Klinghoffer, drew not only theater enthusiasts but a swarm of angry protesters, as well. The controversial performance, penned by minimalist composer John Adams, portrays the death of Leon Klinghoffer--a 69-year-old, wheelchair-bound Jewish American--by Palestinian hijackers while aboard a cruise with his wife in October 1985.
