Main content
Nixon in China (Chairman dances)
Composer: John Adams
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Recording date: 31 October 2014
Date of broadcast: 19 May 2015
The repetitive rhythms and figurations Adams uses create a work of pulsating intensity and immediacy. This has been described as a foxtrot, but a better image would be of a working beehive, or the view of the London commute.
Composer: John Adams
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Recording date: 31 October 2014
Date of broadcast: 19 May 2015
