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Work: Fearful Symmetries

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ComposerAdams, John (b. 1947)
PeriodContemporary
Year1988
Work typeOrchestral
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Gnarly Buttons central to the SCO’s John Adams programme

Andrew Manze © Benjamin Ealovega

Andrew Manze conducts an all-Adams programme in Glasgow, Maximiliano Martín the fearless soloist in Gnarly Buttons, bookended by mesmerising Shaker Loops and exuberant Fearful Symmetries

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The Auckland Chamber Orchestra stun in a concert of contemporary music

Auckland Chamber Orchestra’s stunningly played “Voice of the Whale” concert featured 20th-century and contemporary works, including pieces by George Crumb, Michel van der Aa and John Adams.
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