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The Chairman Dances is a 1985 composition by John Adams, subtitled Foxtrot for Orchestra and lasting about 13 minutes. A commission from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, it has several dance-like tunes and has been described by Adams as an "outtake" from Act III of the opera he was working on at the time, Nixon in China.
22 mar 2021 · My favorite work by John Adams, and just generally one of my favorites, this piece is an absolute masterpiece of orchestration. There is really so much to say about the timbral choices...
The Chairman Dances is a “foxtrot for orchestra” that Adams composed while working on his opera Nixon in China.
15 feb 2013 · John Adams - The Chairman Dances. harmoniste. 120 subscribers. Subscribed. 925. 128K views 11 years ago. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle ...more.
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New Year's Eve 2021: The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert perform John Adams Foxtrot for Orchestra "The Chairman Dances" at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
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1 lug 2021 · The Chairman Dances by American composer John Adams is a mesmerising display of programmatic mastery in the post-minimalist movement. Written in 1985, the piece is essentially a by-product of his very famous opera Nixon in China which depicts American President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972.
John Adams on The Chairman Dances. The Chairman Dances was an “out-take” of Act III of Nixon in China. Neither an “excerpt” nor a “fantasy on themes from,” it was in fact a kind of warmup for embraking on the creation of the full opera.
