Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre review – evocations of New England | Classical music
Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 13.09 EST Though the San Francisco Symphony brought it to London just a week after the premiere in 2003, My Father Knew Charles Ives has had few British performances since, and remains one of John Adamsâs less well-known orchestral scores. Itâs a substantial work â three movements lasting nearly half an hour â designed both as a homage to the two men mentioned in the title, and as an evocation of the New England in which they both lived and Adams himself grew up. John Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre album cover His father ...