Attacca Quartet delivers first concert in John Adams series at Library of Congress

Washington is John Adams's home for the rest of May. This week, the celebrated composer is curating a four-concert series of his music at the Library of Congress and the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and next week he is leading the National Symphony. The opening offering, Wednesday evening at the library, was in the hands of the young, New York-based Attacca Quartet, an energetic group that recently recorded all of Adams's string quartets.