John Adams

Although in its own way an example of 'continuous' music, Shaker Loops differs from most other works of its kind because it sees so much change within a relatively short amount of time. Also it avoids...

John Luther Adams' Qilyaun for four Bass Drums. Composed in 1998. Score and parts. 'Qilyaun' is the Iñupiaq word for the shaman's drum. Translated literally, it means 'device of power'. The drum is t...

John's Book of Alleged Dances is a set of ten short dances for string quartet and rhythm loops stored on audio CD. Six of the dances have rhythm loops. Dances may be performed in any order, and may be...

John Luther Adams' Untouched for String Quartet. Player score. Over the years my large ensemble works have sometimes included String Quartet. However, I didn't write my first piece for String Quartet...

John Luther Adams' The Mathematics Of Resonant Bodies for solo Percussion and processed sounds. The Mathematics Of Resonant Bodies was commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, WNYC (New...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of virtuosic sound with this outstanding Violin Concerto, published by the renowned house of Boosey & Hawkes. This high-quality edition presents the masterful...

Vokalpartitur - Bariton und Orchester.

Commisioned by the San Francisco Symphony in 1981 to celebrate the inaugural season of the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, Harmonium sets the texts of John Donne (Negative Love) and Emily Dickinson (B...

Singstimme (Bariton) und Orchester - Dirigierpartitur

With "The Wound-Dresser", discover a deeply moving masterpiece scored for medium voice (baritone) and orchestra. This poignant work captivates with its emotional depth, sensitive lyricism, and incompa...

In the composer's words: 'The concerto takes a kind of polymorphous-perverse pleasure in the whole past century of piano music, both popular and classical.' The original inspiration was in the old pia...

This concerto won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1995, the most prestigious music prize in the world. In three movements, it is prime example of Adams as the most compelling contemporar...

Adams' inspiration was Schiller's 1795 essay 'On Naive and Sentimental Poetry,' a discussion of artistic states of expression. In three movements.

A musical autobiography, this work is an homage to the influence of Ives' music on the composer.

With "Absolute Jest", experience a thrilling, highly virtuosic masterpiece of contemporary music. In this captivating concerto, a classical string quartet enters into an electrifying, dynamic dialogue...

John Adams emerged in the last decades of the twentieth century as one of the most influential and widely performed American composers since Copland. 'The Chairman Dances' is a 'foxtrot for orchestra'...

Immerse yourself in a world of pulsating energy and captivating sonic colors with "Hallelujah Junction". Published by the renowned Boosey & Hawkes, this thrilling masterpiece is a spectacular addition...