American composer and conductor John Adams, who leads the 75th Ojai Music Festival, has been an influence for many artists and composers, including several of our 2021 collaborators.  The second episode invites pianists Vicki Ray and Joanne Pearce Martin, composer Dylan Mattingly, and chairman emeritus and longtime president of Nonesuch Records Robert Hurwitz to discuss their personal connections with John Adams.

SHOW NOTES / CREDITS: 

Thomas Kotcheff, host  Thomas Kotcheff, producer  Louis Ng, recording engineer  

OJAICast theme by Thomas Kotcheff and Louis Weeks  

Music used in this episode:  John Adams - Hallelujah Junction performed by Nicolas Hodges and Rolf Hind   John Adams - Road Movies: III. 40% Swing performed by Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek   Dylan Mattingly - Magnolia performed by ZOFO duet (Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi)    John Adams - The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine performed by Tracy Silverman, John Adams, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra   John Adams - I Still Play performed by Timo Andres