Short Ride in a Fast Machine was composed for the opening of an American music festival called 'Great Woods' in 1986. It's written for large orchestra and is described as a fanfare.

At only 42 minutes of playing time, there did seem to be a need for a make-weight encore, and the disc offers a mere five minutes more with a performance taken from the opening night SFS Gala in ...

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This CD brings John Adams’s 40-minute Harmonielehre back to San Francisco, where the San Francisco Symphony gave the first performance and made the first recording in 1985.

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One of composer John Adams’ most popular pieces is called “Short Ride in a Fast Machine.” And that’s what this weekend’s St. Paul Chamber Orchestra program feels like. So varied in mood ...

JoAnn Falletta is on the podium to lead the Buffalo Philharmonic in "Short Ride in a Fast Machine," by John Adams (b. 1947). We're in concert at the Buffalo Philharmonic's home, Kleinhans Music Hall.

Under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic plays John Adams's (b. 1947) fanfare called "A Short Ride in a Fast Machine," from a concert last fall.