Tag: John Adams
'REVIEW: Beethoven Influences 'John Adams: Absolute Jest & Grand Pianola Music'
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'NYCS Presents 'For Those We've Loved' at Carnegie Hall: Works by John Adams, 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. -
'NYC Mayor de Blasio, Leon Klinghoffer's Daughters Respond to the Met's 'Death of Klinghoffer' Controversy
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.