. "National Symphony Orchestra" . . "John Adams is the holder of the 2003-2004 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall.\r\nThere was a pre-concert talk at 7PM on stage with Leonard Slatkin and Ara Guzelimian.\r\nThe performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (orch. Mahler) was preceded with remarks by Leonard Slatkin, with orchestral excerpts.\r\nNEW YORK PREMIERE of John Adams' GUIDE TO STRANGE PLACES" . . . . "symphony orchestra performance" . . . . "2004-02-28T20:00:00"^^ . .