Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "John Adams completed Short Ride in a Fast Machine in 1986. He applies the description \"fanfare for orchestra\" to this work and to the earlier Tromba Lontana (1985). The former is also known as Fanfare for Great Woods because it was commissioned for the Great Woods Festival of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As a commentary on the title Adams inquires, \"You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn't?\" This work is an iconic example of Adams's postminimal style, which is utilized in other works like Phrygian Gates, Shaker Loops, and Nixon in China. This style derives from minimalism as defined by the works of Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, although it proceeds to \"make use of minimalist techniques in more dramatic settings.\""@en }
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- Short_Ride_in_a_Fast_Machine abstract "John Adams completed Short Ride in a Fast Machine in 1986. He applies the description \"fanfare for orchestra\" to this work and to the earlier Tromba Lontana (1985). The former is also known as Fanfare for Great Woods because it was commissioned for the Great Woods Festival of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As a commentary on the title Adams inquires, \"You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn't?\" This work is an iconic example of Adams's postminimal style, which is utilized in other works like Phrygian Gates, Shaker Loops, and Nixon in China. This style derives from minimalism as defined by the works of Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, although it proceeds to \"make use of minimalist techniques in more dramatic settings.\"".