Front Row

John Adams is one of the world's most critically acclaimed and popular composers whose music is performed frequently and globally. Over more than four decades he's covered a lot of musical ground, from experiments in recorded sound, and the harmony and rhythm of Minimalism to grand-scale symphonies and operas that tell big stories of global politics, science and terrorism. As he turns 70 he looks back at his musical life with John Wilson. Producer: Rebecca ArmstrongPlaylist: Hallelujah JunctionTchaikovsky's 1812 OvertureBozo the Clown's theme tuneGrand Pianola MusicOn The Transmigration Of SoulsSteve Reich's DrummingPhilip Glass's Knee Play from Einstein on the BeachPhrygian GatesBeginning from Nixon in ChinaThe People Are The Heroes Now from Nixon in ChinaChorus of Exiled Palestinians from The Death of KlinghofferChorus of Exiled Jews from The Death of KlinghofferMarilyn Klinghoffer: "You embraced them!" from The Death of KlinghofferTale of the Wize Young Woman from Scherherazade 2Image: John Adams Image cr