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- I love this question. Without a doubt, to me the piece that is most quintessentially New York is the John Adams piece Century Rolls, Mvt 1. I go jogging almost every morning with this piece playing on my IPOD. It starts out slow, but with a pulse almost like the city waking up and then breaks into a frantic pace—the chord structure almost feeling fractured like a typical New York day. But then there are also moments of peace and quiet that you steal and cause you to look briefly inward. Also, I think Adams references Copland and Bernstein but then modernizes it for today’s city dweller. It is chaotic, serene, frantic, tranquil and most of all hopeful—just like any typical day in New York.
