John Adams conducts old and new Adams

John Adams, composer and conductor of repute, conducts his classic Harmonielehre and the new Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? a mix of keyboard lion concerto and honky-tonk, by 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 be conducting 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 promises something for the successor of Century Rolls, Adams' high-energy mishmash of pianistics à la Rachmaninov, Jelly Roll Morton and Satie from 1996. He opens the programme with the European premiere of the short orchestral work I Still Dance. Adams' classic: Harmonielehre The fact that the alchemist Adams knows how to transform the most diverse styles into musical gold is also apparent in his orchestral workHarmonielehre (1986), an equally improbable and resounding mix of minimalist pulsations, energetic grooves and late-Romantic harmonies. It is not without reason that the work is named after Arnold Schoenberg's revolutionary Harmony Treatise from 1911.