John Adams

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on WRTI features Roderick Cox in his debut, conducting John Adams' Dr. Atomic Symphony and the Suite No. 2 from Ravel's ballet Daphnis and Chloe. In between, Augustin Hadelich plays Sibelius' iconic Violin Concerto in D minor.

Join us on Sunday, May 10th at 1 PM and Monday, May 11th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert broadcast brings to the Verizon…

Repulsed by the brutality against women in the story A Thousand and One Nights, composer John Adams created a dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra…

Few inventions were as complicated as the atomic bomb. But the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns discovered that Curtis Opera Theatre’s…

After 25 years directing the contemporary music festival in California, Marin Alsop bids farewell with Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance, a new piece composed for her by John Adams.

Almost every composer, sooner or later, must come to grips with Beethoven. John Adams is inspired by the master's wit and rhythm.

Leon Klinghoffer was killed during the hijacking of the Achille Lauro — and later became a character in a controversial opera. His daughters want people to know him in a different way.

It's John Adams's Nativity oratorio El Niño on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 13th at 9 pm. We'll fit in as much as we can, since the concert-length…

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was among those who denounced The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams, calling it anti-Semitic and anti-Israel.

Islands and dances and flutes seem to float on Now Is the Time, Saturday, July 19th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Haiku of Basho inspired Edie Hill's…