![]() ![]() According to British conductor Norman Del Mar in his book Conducting Favorite Concert Pieces, the popularity of Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes is linked to the "brilliant device of taking a set of orchestral excerpts from the opera, and slightly reconstructing them so they can be readily incorporated into the concert repertoire." Britten extracted five interludes: the four-part 16-minute Sea Interludes and the seven-minute Passacaglia. ![]() Opening the May 20 Adams concert was the four-part Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes. The two-week series included a film on the life of John Adams, John Adams reading at the Library of Congress from his autobiography Hallelujah Junction, a performance by virtuoso violinist Jennifer Koh of John Adams's Road Movies, and music-themed talks by John Adams himself. The concert was part of John Adams: Perspectives, a two-week series devoted to the works of the Pulitzer Prize–winning American composer, sponsored by the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center Fortas Chamber Music Concerts series. John Adams conducted the concert as well as selected the music to be played. On May 20, 2010, the Poet had the pleasure of being steeped in a selection of the music of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and John Adams' Doctor Atomic. Steiny Road To Operadom - John Adams: Perspectives | Karren Alenier | Scene4įor those of you who love contemporary opera, the Steiny Road Poet challenges you to imagine the music of your favorite opera coming out of the pit onto the stage alone without voices and movement of the singers.
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