Icon: John Adams
By Seth Colter Walls, eMusic Contributor
Whenever a new composer "arrives," a portion of the ensuing excitement comes from the fact that their future remains unwritten. Anything can still happen, and it's precisely that lack of baggage that makes the early works so thrilling. Before long, though, the academics pounce and attempt to categorize everything; the allure of compartmentalizing becomes too difficult to resist. So it can feel sometimes with John Adams, one of the most performed and beloved (and discussed) of… more »
