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Work: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?

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ComposerAdams, John (b. 1947)
PeriodContemporary
Year2019
Work typeOrchestral
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HoustonAdams Conducts Adams & Appalachian Spring

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Ives, Adams, Copland
Houston Symphony; John Adams; Víkingur Ólafsson

Los AngelesJohn Adams & Víkingur Ólafsson

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Piazzolla, Adams, Stravinsky, Prokofiev
Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Víkingur Ólafsson
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An auspicious debut for John Adams at Prague Spring

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A capacity crowd turns out to see the doyen of American composers work his contemporary magic in the Rudolfinum. 
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Rouvali and Ólafsson bring Nordic brilliance to the Berlin Phil

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Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his debut with the Berlin Phil in John Adams' fiendish Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?.
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Ólafsson's extraordinary pianism lights up the RFH

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The Icelandic pianist plays an excellent John Adams concerto followed by an exceptional encore. The Philharmonia's Mahler 5 shows many fine qualities.
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