John Adams - Pat's Aria
Gorgeously melodic excerpt from Nixon in China, the best opera since Britten
Elena Kats-Chernin - Variations in a Serious Black Dress
Intense, hyper-classical music from this Russian-Australian
Philip Glass - Knee Play IV from Einstein on the Beach
Relentless additive rhythms with a compelling chorale harmony
Michael Nyman - And Do They Do, 4th movement
Now it gets quite crazy in energy and musical excitement
Michael Nyman - And Do They Do, 3rd movement
Lots of unison, nice and loud, with inexorable harmonic progression