Meet the composer…
My grad students and I recently went to hear the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform John Adams’ new opera, Dr. Atomic. It was a splendid performance in every way, but the best part was, thanks to Mark Buller’s insistence, we ended up seeking out Adams and found him afterward, getting to congratulate him, shake his hand, and getting this picture with him! (Minimalism fans, be sure to sit down before clicking on the thumbnail image!)
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on December 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 pm
[...] Two weekends ago I went to Atlanta to see John Adams’ second-newest opera, Doctor Atomic, along with my composition teacher Dan Forrest and fellow grad composer Brian Buda. The performance was the best I’ve heard (I’ve heard a recording from the SF Opera production, have the DVD of the subsequent performance in the Netherlands, saw the production at Chicago’s Lyric Opera, and heard a few clips from the Met’s recent new production). Conductor Robert Spano led the chorus, orchestra, and soloists (led by the spectacularGerald Finley) in a breathtaking performance of this (mostly) spellbinding work. We had brought several cd’s for the long car ride back, but after hearing such a profoundly moving piece, any other piece would have sounded pretty insignificant and trite. Doctor Atomic is in a class all of its own– a class in which we might also include Adams’ post-9/11 work On the Transmigration of Souls. Anyway, we were fortunate enough to get a picture with Adams. Dr. Forrest has posted it on his site: http://www.danforrest.com/?p=336. [...]