Through The Looking Glass: John Adams Conducts American Music | Adella

GABRIELLA SMITH Tumblebird Contrails JOHN ADAMS Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers PHILIP GLASS Façades from “Glassworks” STEVE REICH Three Movements for Orchestra American icon John Adams curates and conducts a program of Steve Reich (Three Movements for Orchestra) and Philip Glass (Façades from “Glassworks”), featuring saxophonist Steven Banks, emerging composers Gabriella Smith (“Tumblebird Contralis”) and Carlos Simon (“Fate Now Conquers”), and his own “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?”, featuring pianist Jeremy Denk. Through Adams’s looking glass, we see reflections of his past, present, and future — as a composer, an influencer, and a champion of new music and musicians. “Adams Through The Looking Glass” features conversations with Adams himself and a new generation of bold voices. The Cleveland Orchestra John Adams, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano Steven Banks, saxophone