| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2013 Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall | Exploring the terrain of contemporary American Soundscapes at Zankel Hall |
 On Wednesday night, a group of young artists coached by John Adams and David Robertson warmed up on the stage of Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. The snatches of the music we were about to hear – from cinematic melodies to jaunty dance-like snippets – jumbled together as one usually expects of a warm-up. But the mishmash of pitches and textures served as a sort of Cagean preface to the performance, which featured works by 20th-century American composers.
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| 14-Mar-2013 Barbican Centre: Hall | To make you think: LA Phil New Music Group with Dudamel and Adams at the Barbican |
 The Barbican has scored itself something of a winner in securing the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra to fulfil its International Associate Residency.Read full review... | |
| 26-Feb-2013 Walt Disney Concert Hall | LA Phil New Music Group plays Adams, Pereira, and Chin |
 New music was the main and sole dish that last Tuesday’s Green Umbrella Concert at Disney Hall laid out, but for some audience members their encounter with these works might not be their first. To paraphrase NBC’s late 1990s marketing for its prime-time TV summer reruns: “If you haven’t heard it, it’s new to you.” John Adams’ Son of Chamber Symphony was heard last December performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, while Joseph Pereira’s Concerto for Percussion and Chamber Orchestra had its world première at Disney Hall just a little over a year ago.Read full review... | |
| 27-Jan-2013 Barbican Centre: Hall | Adams conducts Adams at the Barbican with the LSO and St Lawrence String Quartet |
 Inspiration for a composition can come in many forms; a letter from Clara Schumann, the brutality of Stalin's police, growing deaf or hearing birdsong. The final concert of John Adams’ short residency at the Barbican focused on a more reverent strain of influence, however: the peculiar tendency for living composers to want to reference dead ones.
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