t/s: John Adams vs. Phillip Glass vs. Steve Reich

Dan, I think I was sitting in that class with you — I have vivid memories of performers (Glass included) dressed in black and sitting at keyboards nodding their heads dramatically with the pulse of the music. Whose class was it again?

wish I could go!

Adams' music suddenly bugged me a lot less after his Pulitzer acceptance speech

Yeah, that's what elevates Reich over Glass for me, too, even though I probably like more of Glass's stuff overall. As for Adams, I've only really heard Nixon in China; I'd like to hear more.

Hell, yeah, that looks soooooo cool! Wonder if Glass and Reich will talk to each other?

'You Are' and 'Cello Counterpoint' are released on 26 September in the UK.

Adams' Son of Chamber Symphony -- so awesome

i don't listen to a ton of modern composed music but for some reason john adams really speaks to me. not sure why he's my dude in particular.

Anyone seen Klinghoffer/planning to see it? Curious in re the "anti-Semitism" angle. From what I have read it doesn't exactly sound anti-Semitic but maybe a little morally mushy.

Tomassini's exemplary description of complex, apparently imperfect, riveting The Death of Klinghoffer at the Met: http://nyti.ms/1pwPdry

the libretto sounds corny to me. I'm sure the music is great though.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2014/10/21/adam-shatz/whos-afraid-of-klinghoffer/

Shoot wish they were doing Met Live in HD for this

Reich > Glass, easy. Adams I can't speak intelligently about, though I would think the question would be Adams vs. Luther Adams (and the answer fairly clear?).

A friend who is a Met subscriber was at opening night, and was revolted by Rudy Giuliani / Fox News etc milking the "anti-Semitic" angle in the plaza. He finds the accusations ludicrous, and as his mate is Israeli I tend to believe him.

Furore made me check out Klinghoffer, which I'd blown off when it came out. Man I am loving this. The 2001 film version is great so far, though I'm glad I listened to the recording first before watching it (there are a lot of diegetic sound cues in the film, especially at the beginning, which distract from the opening choruses)