The ultimate John Adams show

[07-Socks]

Galen with the epic fail of the thread.

Rufus with a slight win.

[lol]

[ranintothedoor]

mmmm... I think Phrygian Gates (sp?) would be wonderful on the field... lots of front ensemble stuff. Might be hard for the arranger to put together, but who doesn't love a challenge?

[BD_Fan]

Ahem

Slonimskey's Earbox is a very good piece

[vanguard87]

Naive and Sentimental Music

[Willie85]

Would require a once-in-a-decade baritone soloist (brass or vocal ) to pull it off, but the powerful aria "Batter My Heart" from Dr. Atomic would make for some powerful drum corps.

[Matt_S]

Grand Pianola Music FTW

[wolfgang]

I can't remember the title, but wasn't there a huge epic piece he came out with within the past year or 2 that has a huge orchestra, chorus, etc??

I think it got performed in Chicago last summer.

[BD_Fan]

I can't remember the title, but wasn't there a huge epic piece he came out with within the past year or 2 that has a huge orchestra, chorus, etc??

I think it got performed in Chicago last summer.

On The Transmigration of Souls?

It was dedicated to the victims of 9/11, I don't think a drum corps could really do that piece justice. It's incredibly haunting and powerful.

[wolfgang]

Here is a list of John Adams compositions, directly off his website. El Nino is the epic piece I was thinking of:

Stage works

Nixon in China

opera in three acts (1985-87)

The Death of Klinghoffer

opera in two acts (1990-91)

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

songplay in two acts (1995)

El Niño

A Nativity Oratorio (1999-2000)

Doctor Atomic

opera in two acts (2004-5)

A Flowering Tree

opera in two acts (2006)

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Orchestra

Common Tones in Simple Time

(1979)

Harmonium

for chorus and large orchestra (1980-81)

Shaker Loops

version for string orchestra (1983)

Harmonielehre

(1984-85)

The Chairman Dances

foxtrot for orchestra (1985)

Tromba lontana

fanfare for orchestra (1985)

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

fanfare for orchestra (1986)

Fearful Symmetries

(1988)

Eros Piano

for piano and orchestra (1989)

Violin Concerto

(1993)

El Dorado

(1991)

Lollapalooza

(1995)

Slonimsky’s Earbox

(1996)

Century Rolls

for piano and orchestra (1996)

Naive and Sentimental Music

(1997-98)

Guide to Strange Places

(2001)

On the Transmigration of Souls

for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack

(2002)

My Father Knew Charles Ives

(2003)

Dharma at Big Sur

for electric violin and orchestra (2003)

Doctor Atomic Symphony

(2005)

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Voice and orchestra

The Nixon Tapes

three suites for voices and orchestra from Nixon in China (1987)

The Wound-Dresser

for baritone voice and orchestra (1988)

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Chamber Music

Piano Quintet

(1970)*

Shaker Loops

for string septet (1978)

Chamber Symphony

(1992)

John’s Book of Alleged Dances

for string quartet (1994)

Road Movies

for violin & piano (1995)

Gnarly Buttons

for clarinet and chamber ensemble (1996)

Son of Chamber Symphony

(2007)

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Other ensemble works

American Standard

for unspecified chamber ensemble (1973)*

Christian Zeal & Activity

for unspecified chamber ensemble (1973)

Grounding

for six voices, three saxophones and live electronics (1975)*

Grand Pianola Music

for 2 pianos, 3 female voices, winds, brass & percussion (1982)

Scratchband

for amplified ensemble (1996)

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Chorus

Ktaadn

for mixed chorus, osciallators and filters (1974)*

Harmonium

for chorus and large orchestra (1980-81)

Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer

(1991)

On the Transmigration of Souls

for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack

(2002)

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Tape and electronic compostions

Heavy Metal

two-channel tape (1970)*

Studebaker Love Music

two channel tape (1976)*

Onyx

four channel tape (1976)*

Light Over Water

two channel tape (1983)

Hoodoo Zephyr

(1992-93)

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Piano solo or duet

Phrygian Gates

for piano (1977)

China Gates

for piano (1977)

Hallelujah Junction

for two pianos (1996)

American Berserk

for solo piano (2001)

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Film score

Matter of Heart

music for the documentary film about C.G. Jung (1982)*

An American Tapestry

music for the film

Directed by Gregory Nava

Produced by Barbara Martinez-Jitner

released on the Showtime Cable Channel

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Arrangements and Orchestrations

The Black Gondola

(orchestration of La Lugubre Gondola by Franz Liszt) (1990)

Berceuse élégiaque

(arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni’s original) (1991)

Le Livre de Baudelaire

mezzo soprano & orchestra (orchestration of four songs by

Claude Debussy from Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire) (1993)

La Mufa

(orchestration of tango by Astor Piazzolla) (1995)

Todo Buenos Aires

(orchestration of tango by Astor Piazzolla) (1996)

Six Songs by Charles Ives

arranged for voice and chamber orchestra (1989-93)

[motrouble]

nixon in china has been done - this year - vanguard - chairman dances are from nixon