Detroit Free Press Mark Stryker column: Adams leads 9/11 tribute.(Column)

Byline: Mark Stryker

Mar. 30--CLASSICAL Aficionados have been anticipating this weekend for more than a year, ever since the Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced that composer John Adams was returning to Orchestra Hall to conduct his post-9/11 memoriam, "On the Transmigration of Souls" (2002), and his Violin Concerto (1993) with star soloist Leila Josefowicz. At 60, Adams is one of our most important living composers. His shimmering music pulsates with rippling energy and expression and the spirit of the here and now. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic in honor of the victims of 9/11, "On the Transmigration of Souls" brings together adult and children's …