John Adams’ “Harmonielehre”: David Robertson and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony
American conductor David Robertson, who served as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2005 to 2018, is regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of the music of John Adams. He describes Adams’ music in cinematic terms: The main thing that you find in every single one of his pieces is that it is a journey through a landscape. And as you proceed, you see similar types of trees …