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My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003). John Adams /keith potter/

Keith Potter reviews the Steve Reich and John Adams prom concerts in London:

While I still consider that Adams's conducting style makes him look like a rank amateur, he must be doing something right to get the BBC SO playing with such verve and enthusiasm.

My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003). John Adams /proms concert streams/

Temporarily, the BBC has streams of Proms concerts featuring Steve Reich and John Adams. In a BBC message board, someone suggests attendance was not all that great at the John Adams concert. Eric Owens singing The Wound-Dresser may be the highlight of the two concerts although My Father Knew Charles Ives is not yet out on CD.

Adams: The title, My Father Knew Charles Ives, may have been unconsciously suggested by that of a Morton Feldman of similarly challenged authenticity, I Met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg. Carl Adams, my Massachusetts-born father, did not in fact know Charles Ives.

Update: oboeinsight points to this review of the Adams concert.

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