Adams, John: A Flowering Tree (2006) 113'
Opera in 2 acts
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto adapted by John Adams and Peter Sellars from a South Indian folktale and poems translated by A.K.Ramanujan (E/S)
Scoring
lyrS,T,B soloists, SATB chorus (min.40); 2.picc.treble recorder(=perc,opt.picc).alto recorder(=soprano recorder, perc,opt.fl)*.2(II=corA).2.bcl.2(II=dbn)-4.2.3.0-timp.perc(2)-harp-cel-strings(min. 12.10.8.6.5) *OPTIONAL: recorder players play some very simple percussion (rain sticks, etc.), or they can play only recorder.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
11/14/2006
Halle E im MuseumsQuartier, Wien
Peter Sellars, dir / Jessica Rivera, sop / Russell Thomas, ten / Eric Owens, bar / Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar; Schola Cantorum de Caracas / John Adams
Press Quotes Deutsch
“The score is opulent, dreamlike, fiercely lyrical, at times shadowy and strange – unlike anything that the fifty-nine-year-old composer has written…”
The New Yorker
“…some of the most ravishingly beautiful passages of music that Adams has yet composed… [He] continues to develop and surprise — something of a late-flowering tree himself.”
Daily Telegraph
"...a radiant sunburst of orchestral beauty. This score abounds in ravishing music, some of the most purely gorgeous music of recent years. ...Adams has grown into possibly our finest living composer. He never utilizes anything other than an utterly appropriate compositional element, a hallmark of this score's beauty and poise."
Audiophile Audition
Recommended Recording
Jessica Rivera, sop / Russel Thomas, ten / Eric Owens, bass-bar
London Symphony Orchestra / Schola Cantorum de Venezuela / John Adams
Nonesuch 327100-2
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Opera in 2 acts
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto adapted by John Adams and Peter Sellars from a South Indian folktale and poems translated by A.K.Ramanujan (E/S)
Scoring
lyrS,T,B soloists, SATB chorus (min.40); 2.picc.treble recorder(=perc,opt.picc).alto recorder(=soprano recorder, perc,opt.fl)*.2(II=corA).2.bcl.2(II=dbn)-4.2.3.0-timp.perc(2)-harp-cel-strings(min. 12.10.8.6.5) *OPTIONAL: recorder players play some very simple percussion (rain sticks, etc.), or they can play only recorder.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
11/14/2006
Halle E im MuseumsQuartier, Wien
Peter Sellars, dir / Jessica Rivera, sop / Russell Thomas, ten / Eric Owens, bar / Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar; Schola Cantorum de Caracas / John Adams
Press Quotes Deutsch
“The score is opulent, dreamlike, fiercely lyrical, at times shadowy and strange – unlike anything that the fifty-nine-year-old composer has written…”
The New Yorker
“…some of the most ravishingly beautiful passages of music that Adams has yet composed… [He] continues to develop and surprise — something of a late-flowering tree himself.”
Daily Telegraph
"...a radiant sunburst of orchestral beauty. This score abounds in ravishing music, some of the most purely gorgeous music of recent years. ...Adams has grown into possibly our finest living composer. He never utilizes anything other than an utterly appropriate compositional element, a hallmark of this score's beauty and poise."
Audiophile Audition
Recommended Recording
Jessica Rivera, sop / Russel Thomas, ten / Eric Owens, bass-bar
London Symphony Orchestra / Schola Cantorum de Venezuela / John Adams
Nonesuch 327100-2
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