John Adam composed an orchestral piece called A Short Ride in a Fast Machine in 1986. It was commissioned for the opening concert of the Great Wood Festival in Massachusetts and is a four-minute fanfare with a quick tempo, strong rhythm, and resonant sonorities.
It was written for a sizable orchestra and is a well-known fanfare and encore in American music venues. You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a magnificent sports vehicle, and then you regret not having gone? That's how John Adam explains the title. The piece, according to Adams, is about “running the gauntlet through that rhythmic tunnel.”
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