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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: John Adams (1947-)

Composer of the Week: John Adams (1947-): Episode 3: From Ellington to Schoenberg

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Episode 3: From Ellington to Schoenberg

John Adams (1947-)

From Ellington to Schoenberg

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, John Adams (1947-), From Ellington to Schoenberg

Donald Macleod explores John Adams's works written on a smaller canvas.

Donald Macleod explores John Adams's works written on a smaller canvas, focusing on the sequel to the Chamber Symphony.

Before John Adams conducts his opera Nixon In China this evening at the Proms, today's programme explores his works that were written on a more intimate scale. In conversation with the composer, Donald Macleod looks at a 'virtuoso monstrosity' - the sequel to his Chamber Symphony, one of his earliest pieces for tape and strings, and his recent string quartet. They discuss the traces of Schoenberg, Ives and even Duke Ellington that can be heard in Adams's music.

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.

Donald Macleod talks to America's most frequently performed living composer, John Adams

Donald Macleod talks to America's most frequently performed living composer, John Adams, about his work

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