John Adams' A Flowering Tree (Excerpt)

A Flowering Tree
John Adams

Excerpt from Act 1, Scene 2
2007-03-01
San Francisco
John Adams conducting

The program came with the libretto, so I can provide the text if there's enough demand.

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[Oxygene13]

John Adams is probably the greatest composer alive today. :D

[trunks2861]

has anyone listened to his electric violin concerto??!?! Dharma at Big Sur?? SOOO GOOOD

[MuseDuCafe]

Again, another fine bit of evidence that opera is not obsolete :-) This is just lovely. The ecstatic climax is gorgeous, as is someone recommended, the Dharma at Big Sur for six-string electric violin an orchestra. Thanks for this great link!

[manytounges]

i assure u when he dies his music will become twice as famous and personaly this and the death of kilofingher are the tw operas i like from him the other ones not so much

[mobile513]

@wavepsychic

Trolling John Adams compositions? Well played. Internet douchery knows no bounds.

[Bomtempo5]

I will participate in this opera in Lisbon, Porto and Paris next year; it seems it's going to be agreat experience :)

[Keytaster]

@cptnunderwhere: That was funny, because I think you're not even capable of reading notes... but nevertheless, funny comment. thanks :-)

[chrisvancil]

Write it and post for us to hear... I'm waiting.

[cptnunderwhere]

I could write a better scene with music in an hour. God awful.

[saladshootavvv]

LOL!!! Top 1,000 eh? You know there are over 4 billion on the planet right?! Also I didn't make that assumption (if you actually read what I wrote) which is evident when I said "I can understand you not liking it", meaning exactly what it says.

Also, do you think the "top 1,000 most intelligent people on the planet" would do something as trivial and meaningless as leaving youtube comments? Get over yourself.

[wavepsychic]

I was looking up flowering trees. Real flowering trees around the time of earth day.

You dare call me an ignoramus! I am probably one of the top 1,000 most intelligent people on the planet. You assumption that all smart people like the same music as you isn't very intelligent!