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Program

Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox

Carter: Variations for Orchestra

Adams: Absolute Jest

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Absolute Jest

John Adams, conductor

St. Lawrence String Quartet

In his much-anticipated return to NWS, John Adams conducts the orchestra in a program which includes his new work titled Absolute Jest. The formidable St. Lawrence String Quartet performs with the orchestra as Adams weaves scherzos from late Beethoven string quartets in this piece which was inspired by MTT.

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