Відео

The great Genius doesn't realize that his music largely comes from his unconscious self!

You won't like my comment if it refers to your nonexistent Concerto for Bass Drum, so I won't. You're probably too old.

Courte vidéo extrêmement intéressante... Merci beaucoup ! ; )

日本語訳 ハレルヤ・ジャンクションは実際にある場所です。カリフォルニアとネバダの州境の、長距離運転者向けの小さなサービスエリアです。砂漠を越える旅行の途中で初めてそこを通りかかりました。「ハレルヤ・ジャンクションにようこそ」という看板を観て、作品にうってつけの素敵なタイトルだと思ったのです。 私が2台のピアノの音に惹かれるのは、非常に似たような題材を書くにせよ、わずかにずらして組み合わせることができるからでして、そうすることで、デジタル・ディレイのアコースティック版のようなものが生まれ、2つの楽器がほとんど同じ題材を演奏しているときにだけ生まれる独自の響きを、音楽が帯びるようになるのです。 私にとって『ハレルヤ・ジャンクション』で楽しいのは、そしてこの曲を作曲していて楽しかったのは、2台のピアノが同じテンポで同じ題材に取り組むことで得られる脈動の感覚を利用し、作曲を動機付けたささやかなアイデアをこねくり回してみたことでした。そして反復メロディ、そうですね、一方のピアノが少し高く上がっている間に、もう片方のピアノが少し下がり、ジャブを応酬し合うことで、まぁ、デュエル・バンジョーのように決闘する瞬間があるわけですが、この場合はピアノの決闘なのです。 私はハレルヤという言葉をメロディ題材の触発材として使いました。「ハレルヤ」は実際にはヘブライ語で、そのルーツはおそらく発音にあると思うのですが、私たちの使い方とはまったく違っていて異質なものですけれど、それでも喜びや賛美の感覚を意味しています。そして、作品は"HA"を抜きで"llelujah, llelujah "と始まり、そのアイデアが繰り返され、やがて最初の "HA"を獲得して "hallelujah, hallelujah"になります。だから、(この作品は、)ある言葉を取り上げた上で、その言葉のリズムや抑揚を使って音楽的な題材を生み出すという、一種の音楽的オノマトペといった面白い実例なのですね。 His comments (original language, please let me know if the text is wrong.) Hallelujah Junction is actually a location. It's a little truck stop on the California-Nevada border. And the first time I drove through there I was on a trip through the desert. I saw this sign that said welcome to Hallelujah Junction and I thought that is a great title waiting for a piece. I'm attracted to the sound of two pianos because I can write very similar material but interlock them slightly out of phase, so it creates a kind of acoustical version of a digital delay, and the music has its own resonance that only can happen when you have two instruments playing almost the exact same material. What's fun about Hallelujah Junction for me and what was fun about composing it was using the sense of pulsation that one can get by having two pianos working at the same tempo with the same material and tossing back little motivic ideas back and forth. And then riffing, you know, one piano will stay down a little while another one goes up high and jabbing back and forth, so that, you know, the moments where they're kind of dueling like Dueling Banjos, only in this case, it's dueling pianos. I used the word hallelujah as a stimulus for melodic material. Actually hallelujah, it's a Hebrew word, I'm sure, its roots are probably in pronunciation, it's very different and alien from the way we use it but it still signifies a sense of joy, a sense of praise. And I start to work without the "HA", it starts with "llelujah, llelujah" and that idea is repeated on and then eventually it gains the first "H-A" and becomes "hallelujah, hallelujah". So it's a interesting case of a kind of musical onomatopoeia where we take a word and use the rhythm and the inflection of the word to generate musical material.

Grateful for the upload. Love the composer and this piece specifically, so it's great to hear him talking about it.

Yep it's a great piece 🎉

I saw this performed live in Vancouver, BC last week and was impressed by the uniqueness and intensity of the beat. Cordialements to you, John Adams and anybody who attempts to play it!! Thank you!

Got to see this a lot in the summer of 1991 when The Cadets opened their show with it.

After "Call Me by Your Name", I love this even more ;)

2nd movement, makes me feel deeply nostalgic but I love it! I love how it make me feel! (I’m not depress) a master peace

Not enough of John's wonderful music seems to be heard in the UK.

This is Astronaut music, fighter pilot stuff, fast moving, powerful locomotive. The shuttle launching to orbit, music that celebrates the triumph of Man over his faults and failures. But then we also have Beethoven's 9th for that also. Heehee

Just listened to this after CD collecting dust for some years. Love it . Minimalist, but with interesting surprises all the way.

Amazing work!

This is poetic genius masked as musical genius. Do you understand how artistically refined this work is?

ABOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

His voice is so ASMR

When I first heard the Tuba section, OMG, my jaw dropped flat.

The first 2:30 of the piece of really one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard

jerry goldsmith inspired john adams. who would have thought

Hi Mr Adams, here is my version of "short ride in fast a machine" music and video. Let me know what you think - ua-cam.com/video/T58Re4sm0yg/v-deo.html

2:15 Is that an electric violin?

Onomatopoeia (Pronounced "AH-nuh-MA-tuh-PEE-uh")

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What's about the dedicatee Sir Simon Rattles? May we know why he was given that honor?

Fascinating piece. However, the word sounds just like it's pronounced: הללויה, read right to left. Hallel=praise, U=to, Yah=God.

He's a god damn genius!

Brilliant ,,,,,