Discovering Music

John Adams

Sunday 19 August 2007 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)

Stephen Johnson looks at the music of the award-winning American composer John Adams ahead of the premiere of his new work at the Proms. There's also another chance to hear Iain Burnside's examination of Adams' The Wound Dresser, a powerful setting of words by Walt Whitman, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and baritone Jeremy Huw Williams, conducted by Tim Weiss.

The audio of Adams 'The Wound Dresser' is available on the webpage for the original broadcast

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Discovering Music

Episode and Playlist Information

• 30 Sep 07 Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
• 23 Sep 07 Britten's Variations
• 16 Sep 07 Brahms Symphony No 3
• 9 Sep 07 Gesualdo's Madrigals
• 2 Sep 07 Walton's Cello Conc.
• 26 Aug 07 Haydn Sym 98
• 19 Aug 07 John Adams
• 29 Jul 07 Prokofiev Classical
• 22 Jul 07 Sibelius 2
• 15 Jul 07 Ravel's Gaspard