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Obra: Grand Pianola Music

Buscador de conciertos de música clásica, óperas, espectáculos de ballet y danza
Datos
CompositorAdams, John (n. 1947)
PeriodoContemporáneo
Tipo de obraOrchestral
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Before last night I had reserved judgement on John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music (1982), which I knew from CD but hadn’t previously heard live. It was an effect-piece, I thought, so while it had left me a little cold in recorded form, I was open to the possibility that this enormous, ecstatic major-key pile-up would blow me away in the concert hall.