John Adams - Shaker Loops (1982) Score

[@KermodeBear]

John Adams is wonderful. Many years ago, while playing with the Youth Orchestra in Cleveland, he came out to conduct The Chairman Dances with us. He was warm and very friendly.

[@Snookzart]

I don’t know much about John Adams, but hasn’t he been dead for 200 years?

[@camberr]

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[@nicwinchester7102]

POV. You came here from Boston’s 2024 announcement

[@k.b.korben5366]

you caught me😞

[@daviddressler1666]

@nicwinchester7102 you got me lol

[@stevedamon2217]

!! ! !!!

[@ZFZmusic]

yes

[@PersonAlaKazam]

kineguc notes

[@Scriabin_fan]

23:37-24:20 is so satisfying. Arriving on that chord at 24:11 feels so good.

[@fredericetile2505]

I love this version, slower than other recordings, beautiful!

[@user-gd7ul8gc2z]

i love you, John Adams

[@markdowding1371]

I like the point in the third movement where the notes converge into a continuous tone

[@markdowding1371]

I think the whole work is beautiful!

[@fullcompositionalcoaching]

Rite of Spring is in the air...

[@kyu8193]

stunning

[@irynazinkiv6965]

Amazing

[@soliv27]

Thanks a lot! Second part is so mysterious and peaceful at the same time. Tenderness

[@bruneric4488]

Accurate

[@melodraminha]

beautiful inner movement

[@milkmanswife93696]

pretty unbelievable

[@Scriabin_fan]

I absolutely love 28:22 to the end.

[@mikebarno2900]

25:59

[@wolfy138]

drone is fantastic

[@BushyHairedStranger]

BAR FLY 1982 Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway

[@j.m.t.6332]

Barfly brought me here!

[@VallaMusic]

any string player, give it to me straight - would it drive you crazy to perform this ?

[@_purble]

Absolutely. It would be wonderful, of course, it's a magical piece. But the accuracy and precision needed for it to come together would be maddening. I've played some Adams on the piano, it's like laying a 10 minute tongue twister for your fingers and that's probably easier than this.

[@LaMusicaconGiulia]

Y E S. I'm a violinist and honestly I can't practice this piece for more than 30 minutes, then I need a rest. It's diabolic

[@ZichanWang]

if it doesnt drive you crazy then why play it?

[@lukehauser1182]

On the other hand, it's easy on harmonica - just keep inhaling and exhaling faster and faster - voila!

[@JamesPreller-pm3wd]

12:50

[@happy-composer]

Love this piece, but why is this recording so slow?

[@Mr.Lamm.]

was this is a movie or something it sounds so fkn familiar

[@d.f.4830]

This kind of piece had a massive impact on modern movie music, kind of like Stravinsky and Mahler had many years before. Stuff sounds like this because it's copying the approach (less well, usually).

[@karhukoira]

It's in the video game Civilization IV at least

[@garyschartz3023]

Barfly.

[@OmenSinistrum1138]

Yes, it's used in I Am Love.

[@eottoe2001]

@@OmenSinistrum1138 thanks

[@JamesPreller-pm3wd]

11:10, 13:10, 13:45, 15:20

[@JamesPreller-pm3wd]

9:40

[@CreationK.]

7:17 onwards

[@mikebarno2900]

26:25

[@timgregory82]

Absolutely. Makes my hair stand on end

[@benflint]

I bet JA loves cut copy and paste feature! Just sayin.....

[@audiolablab]

No está bien sincronizado el audio con el score!!!!

Hola, muchas gracias por reportar el error ¿en que partes notaste la inconsistencia? lo arreglaré.

[@audiolablab]

@ Hola pues fijate que lo acabo de ver otra vez y ya no me pareció que no estaba sincronizado, ahora me pareció bien!! salu2!!

@@audiolablab Excelente, igual saludos!

[@lukehauser1182]

Real John Adams fans enjoy reading one part of the score while listening to another!