Virtuoso Voices - Robert Spano (Adams' Accomplishment)

Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Robert Spano conducting "On the Transmigration of Souls" by John Adams. (Telarc 80673)

SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
The New York Philharmonic commissioned composer John Adams to write a new work for the first anniversary of 9/11 (nine-eleven).  Instead of writing music for those who died on that day, John Adams chose to address the pain and loss of the living, in this case, the family and friends of 9/11 (nine-eleven) victims.  Conductor Robert Spano conducts Adams’ “On the Transmigration of Souls,” and says the composer's greatest accomplishment is his ability to make connections.

CLIP TRANSCRIPT
“As when any great artist approaches a very personal situation they universalize it in their expression of it.  And so I think the piece does not speak only to that particular event but speaks to our confusion, our suffering, our need to heal, over any experience of loss.  I think it has an amazing universality about it given the specificity of its intent.”

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Robert Spano noting John Adams’ accomplishments in his 9/11 (nine-eleven) commemorative work, “On the Transmigration of Souls”.  (He says it’s not an angry condemnation, a patriotic call to arms or a grand memorial.)  He calls it “a memorial space – a place where you can go and be alone with your thoughts and emotions.”  Robert Spano conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Gwinnett Young Singers:  “On the Transmigration of Souls” by John Adams.

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