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Harmonium is a composition for chorus and orchestra by the American composer John Adams, written in 1980-1981 for the first season of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. The work is based on poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson and is regarded as one of the key compositions of Adams' " minimalist " period.
9 apr 2023 · Harmonium was composed in 1980 in a small studio on the third floor of an old Victorian house in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. Those of my friends who knew both the room and the...
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22 lug 2020 · An intricate tapestry of sound, with bright vocal threads and driving brass and percussion rhythms. Featuring the BBC Proms Youth Choir. Conductor - Edward Gardner Orchestra - BBC Symphony ...
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Harmonium began with a simple, totally formed mental image: that of a single tone emerging out of a vast, empty space and, by means of a gentle unfolding, evolving into a rich, pulsating fabric of sound.
28 gen 2020 · The 1981 premiere of John Adams' "Harmonium" signaled the arrival of a major new talent. A "choral symphony" based on poems by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, this piece marked Adams' pursuit...
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- University of California Television (UCTV)
John Adams on Harmonium. Harmonium (1980) and Shaker Loops (1978) represent my first mature statements in a language that was born out of my initial exposure to Minimalism. From the very start my own brand of Minimalism began to push the envelope. What was orderly and patiently evolving in the works of Reich or Glass was in my works already ...
Harmonium, John Adams. About this Piece. Composed: 1980-1981. Length: c. 32 minutes.
