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What Makes It Great? John Adams’s "Shaker Loops"

What Makes It Great? John Adams’s "Shaker Loops"

Kaufman Music Center

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Host Rob Kapilow takes you back to the heady days of early minimalism, when composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass were rejecting the abstract and often inaccessible music of the previous generation and re-shaping the sound of the era. John Adams’s hugely successful 1978 piece Shaker Loops took minimalism in a vibrant new direction by widening its dramatic range and making it visceral and emotionally expressive. The piece feels urgent, alive...

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Terra String Quartet

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Kaufman Music Center

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1 dates (22 Feb - 22 Feb)

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Kaufman Music Center

New York City, NY, United States

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