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Portrait of John Adams Weekend
from 10 to December 11, 2016
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Shaker Loops

Chamber Music
Le Studio - Philharmonie
Duration: about 1h05

Program

John Adams
Quatuor à cordes n°1
Shaker Loops

Distribution

Solistes de l'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France
Virginie Dupont, violin
Diana Mykhalevych, violin
Julie Oddou, violin
David Vainsot, viola
Natacha Colmez-Collard, cello
Raphaël Unger , cello
Pauline Lazayres, doublebass
Shaker Loops was written by John Adams in 1978 and is a sort of tribute to the compositional method of repetitive loops invented by Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Philip Glass, whilst at the same time keeping his distance from their minimalist aesthetic by researching a kind of frenzy which the title suggests by ironically alluding to the Shaker Sect.
Karina-Canellakis

Le Studio - Philharmonie

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Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

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221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris