12 Days of Christmas Music: Day 5

Day 5: John Adams is a contemporary composer living in California. This is from his great piece written for the new millennium, "El Nino." Adams calls it his meditation on the miraculous, and it tells the story of Christ's birth using Biblical texts as well as contemporary and ancient Latin American poetry. I find the music to be compelling and beautiful, though I can't say I'm a huge fan of the production in this video.