Evening Music
The Chairman Dances
John Adams describes his piece's origins: "'The Chairman Dances' was an 'out-take' of Act III of 'Nixon in China.' Neither an 'excerpt' nor a 'fantasy on themes from,' it was in fact a kind of warmup for embarking on the creation of the full opera...themes, sometimes slinky and sentimental, at other times bravura and bounding, ride above in bustling fabric of energized motives."
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