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August 04, 2005
Wavemaker (1978). John Adams
Peter Koht previews the Cabrillo Music Festival including a quote from David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet about their return to the festival:
...the group's first violinist and artistic director David Harrington remembers their first appearance at Cabrillo. "We played the world premiere of a John Adams piece called The Wavemaker, which eventually evolved into Shaker Loops."
Wavemaker was a string quartet written the same year as Shaker Loops. Adams on the piece from americanmavericks:
...The "waves" of Wavemaker were to be long sequences of oscillating melodic cells that created a rippling, shimmering complex of patterns like the surface of a slightly agitated pond or lake. But my technique lagged behind my inspiration, and this rippling pond very quickly went dry. Wavemaker crashed and burned at its first performance. The need for a larger, thicker ensemble and for a more flexible, less theory-bound means of composing became very apparent.
robert gable: aworks adams consciousness revolution era. del.icio.us: adams. wikipedia: adams 1978. google news: john adams cabrillo music festival. earbox.com.
Originally posted by Robert Gable from aworks :: "new" american classical music, ReBlogged by jeff on Aug 4, 2005 at 01:52 PM
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