Adams - Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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Label: SFS Media
Cat No: SFS0053
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 19th March 2012
Contents
Artists
San Francisco Symphony OrchestraConductor
Michael Tilson ThomasWorks
HarmonielehreShort Ride in a Fast Machine
Artists
San Francisco Symphony OrchestraConductor
Michael Tilson ThomasAbout
Harmonielehre is one of Adams’ early bold statements, blending elements of classical, jazz, rock and minimalism, and American and European influences. Tilson Thomas, who conducted the work during his first season as San Francisco Symphony Music Director in 1995 and multiple times since, said of the work, “When a new piece is premiered, it can make a stunning impression. But the real story of that piece is what emerges over time. When the SFS first performed Harmonielehre in the mid-80s it was a life changing moment for everybody who heard it… now, decades later, the piece still stands up.”
Of Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Adams recalls, “For some reason a connection with Cape Cod came to mind. Years before [the commission] I had been there with a former brotherin- law and he had asked me at about 1 in the morning if I would like to take a ride with him in his Lamborghini. I did and once he started up I wished I hadn’t because he drove very, very fast. The idea of a piece that had that combination of excitement and thrill and was just on the edge of anxiety or terror was the motivating force.”
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