Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Composer: ADAMS, John
  • Short Ride in a Fast Machine, which Adams labeled a “Fanfare for Orchestra,” was composed 1986. 1
  • This piece was first performed on June 13, 1986, in Mansfield, Massachusetts, by the Pittsburgh Symphony, under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas.

“You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?”

John Adams, on the work’s title.2

Sources

  1. Sarah Cahill, “Adams, John,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 4, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000042479.
  2. Michael Steinberg, note for “Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” EarBox.com, accessed January 4, 2021, https://www.earbox.com/short-ride-in-a-fast-machine/.

Cut IDs

13657 23628