Details

American composer John Adams is a major focus of the new Great Performers and London Symphony Orchestra concert seasons from February until July 2010 when six of his works are performed. These include the European premiere of City Noir, a co-commission by the LSO and Los Angeles Philharmonic, a new production of his highly acclaimed Broadway style show, I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, and three other Adams premieres. The series continues with an Emanuel Ax recital which features the UK premiere of a John Adams solo piano work, written especially for Ax. Part of the Barbican’s Emanuel Ax Focus, the programme also includes Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantasie Op 61, Schumann’s Fantasie Op 17, Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Chopin’s Andante Spianato, Grande Polonaise Op 22 and Four Mazurkas.