John Adams conducts old and new Adams

John Adams, composer and conductor by name, conducts his classic Harmonielehre and the new Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? a mix of keyboard lion concerto and honky-tonk, from the composer of late romantic harmonies and energetic grooves. John Adams' New Piano Concerto John Adams is not only one of the most influential composers of our time, he is also an outstanding conductor. During this Matinee, he will conduct the Dutch premiere of his third piano concerto: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? The concert grand piano of soloist Víkingur Ólafsson is accompanied by a detuned honky-tonk piano. That bodes well for the follow-up to Century Rolls, Adams' high-energy hodgepodge of pianistics à la Rachmaninov, Jelly Roll Morton and Satie from 1996. He opens the program with the European premiere of the short orchestral work I Still Dance. Adams' classic: Harmonielehre That the alchemist Adams knows how to transform the most diverse styles into musical gold is also evident in his orchestral workHarmonielehre (1986), an equally improbable and resounding mix of minimalist pulsations, energetic grooves and late-Romantic harmonies. It is no coincidence that the work is named after Arnold Schoenberg's revolutionary 1911 Harmony Treatise.