Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 273,498 playable programmes from the BBC

Proms Composer of the Week: John Adams

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Alwynne Pritchard and John Adams discuss the composer's first opera, President Nixon's visit to China, and the "trickster" element in Adams's music, revealed in the manic humour of his Fearful Symmetries. The Chairman Dances
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Edo de Waart
News Has a Kind of Mystery (Nixon in China, Act 1)
James Maddalena (baritone), Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor Edo de Waart
Fearful Symmetries
Orchestra of St Luke's, conducted by the Composer
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alwynne Pritchard
Unknown:
John Adams
Baritone:
James Maddalena
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More