John Adams (1947)

Century Rolls (1996)

for piano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1996
    • Duration: between 28 mn and 30 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 piano
  • 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 celesta, 1 harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: October 1996

    Performers:

    Emanuel Ax : piano, Cleveland Orchestra, direction : Christoph von Dohnanyi.

Observations


Table of contents

  • I. First movement
  • II. Manny’s Gym
  • III. Hail Bop