Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier...
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John Adams (composer) (category Articles with short description)
include the fanfare Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) and the orchestral work El Dorado (1991). Adams's first opera was Nixon in China (1987), which...
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Perpetuum mobile (category Articles with short description)
Black "Canto Ostinato" by Simeon ten Holt (1976) John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) "Perpetuum Mobile" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1987) "Velocities...
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Crotales (category Articles with short description)
them in many of his more colorful orchestral pieces such as Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Composer Julia Wolfe uses crotales in her oratorio Fire in my...
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San Francisco Symphony (category Musical groups established in 1911)
most current for its recording of John Adams’ Harmonielehre and Short Ride in a Fast Machine and seven for its recordings of MTT and the SFS performing all...
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On the Transmigration of Souls (category Articles with short description)
piece a 'memory space.' It's a place where you can go and be alone with your thoughts and emotions. The link to a particular historical event – in this...
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below is as seen on the televised version. Mars Symphony No. 5 Short Ride in a Fast Machine "Storm" from Peter Grimes - dance performed by the boys of St...
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List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks (category Articles with short description)
major program revisions including the removal of John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine. The music video the song 'Piece by Piece' by welsh band Feeder...
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instruments. Synthesizer (called for in some 20th- and 21st-century works, like John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine and the Requiem Mass by Andrew Lloyd...
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National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (category Musical groups established in 2012)
musicians ages 16 to 19 attend a two-week residency at Purchase College, New York, followed by a national or international tour. In January 2012 Carnegie Hall...
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55th Annual Grammy Awards (category 2013 in American music)
Players) Best Orchestral Performance "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine" Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony) "Mahler:...
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Phrygian Gates (category Articles with short description)
Phrygian Gates is a piano piece written by minimalist composer John Adams in 1977–1978. The piece, together with its smaller companion China Gates, written...
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Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps (category Musical groups established in 1957)
Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive drum and bugle corps. Based in Seattle, Washington, the Cascades is a member corps of Drum Corps...
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Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps (category Musical groups established in 1940)
Drum and Bugle Corps is a competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the Boston Crusaders are a charter member of Drum Corps...
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Violin Concerto (Adams) (category Articles with short description)
and conducted by Kent Nagano, released as Nonesuch 79360–2. In 2017 Orchid Classics released a recording (coupled with the Korngold violin concerto), with...
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Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance (category Awards established in 1959)
From 1959 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra In 1965 it was Best Performance - Orchestra From 1966 to 1975 it returned to...
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David Binder (category Articles with short description)
Nichols, among others. In 2011, Binder produced Short Ride in a Fast Machine, IBM's Centennial Celebration at Lincoln Center. In March 2012, Binder produced...
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is a composition for chorus and orchestra by the American composer John Adams, written in 1980-1981 for the first season of Davies Symphony Hall in San...
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Shaker Loops (section Appearances in other media)
has since been withdrawn and replaced by a 1983 string orchestra version. This version was first performed in April of that year at Alice Tully Hall, New...
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Michael Tilson Thomas (category Articles with short description)
Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine 2006 Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony...
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The Wound-Dresser (category Articles with short description)
Retrieved 2 March 2018. "Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine". www.naxos.com. Naxos Records. Retrieved 2 March 2018. "John...
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Hallelujah Junction (category Articles with short description)
two-piano writing which features short, highly rhythmicized motives bouncing back and forth between the two pianos in tightly phased sequences". The work...
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(excerpt) Naumburg-Hallelujah Junction Adams / Arr. Antonsen: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Mary and Geraldine Peppin Claire and Antoinette Cann Ferhan &...
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List of concert band literature (category Articles with short description)
Mayol, Jean-Loup (ed.). 150 ans de musique à la Garde républicaine : mémoires d'un orchestre, discographie (in French). Paris: Nouvelle arche de Noé. p...
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Harmonielehre (category Articles with short description)
Harmonielehre is a 40-minute orchestral composition by the American composer John Adams, composed in 1985. In his memoir, Adams wrote that the piece "was a statement...
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The Death of Klinghoffer (category Operas set in the 20th century)
League", although there is no source for a group of that name. Archived October 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine "Wuppertaler Bühnen - Digitale Bühne". www...
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Grand Pianola Music (category Articles with short description)
conducted. The work is in three movements: Part 1A (fast) Part 1B (slow) 'On The Dominant Divide' (fast) It is a typical phase music work in that it is distinctly...
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Melody (TV series) (category Articles with short description)
co.uk. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. "CBeebies - Melody, Series 1, Fast Little Train". BBC.co.uk. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. "CBeebies -...
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Doctor Atomic (category IMDb title ID not in Wikidata)
June 6, 2010. Doctor Atomic Archived February 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, details of the opera on Adams' website May, T.: John Adams on the Yin...
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List of 20th-century classical composers (category Articles with short description)
This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks....
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