Vocal and Choral
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A Brief Descent into Deep Time (2022)
SATB; perc/org
20:00
Commissioned by Kings Place, London. Co-Commissioned by The Cork International Choral Festival/Chamber Choir Ireland with funds from The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaion and Carnegie Hall.
In the Name of the Earth (2017)
for massed voices
45:00
Commissioned by Lincoln Center
Canticles of the Holy Wind (2013)
for four choirs and vocal soloists
75:00
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Commissioned by Chamber Choir Kamer and The Crossing Choir
“[A] hypnotic and ethereally beautiful invocation of wind, sky and birdsong … Adams’s “Canticles” seems to achieve a new symbiosis, folding natural sounds into mathematically ordered patterns. The resulting music combines the pristine freshness of nature with the sheltering symmetries of Gothic architecture.” —New York Times
“…the sense of space is an Adams thumbprint — as is the spiritual aura that comes as a consequence.” —Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
Canticles of the Sky (2013)
for four choirs (SATB)
18:00
JLA with John Haines
Little Cosmic Dust Poem (2007)
poem by John Haines
for voice (medium) and piano
5:00
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Poem of the Forgotten (2004)
poem by John Haines
for voice (medium) and piano
5:00
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magic song for one who wishes to live and the dead who climb up to the sky (1990)
for voice (medium) and piano
5:00
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Commissioned by New Songs
Selections from Forest Without Leaves (1984)
poems by John Haines
for vocal soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB) and chamber orchestra
25:00
Commissioned by the Arctic Chamber Orchestra
Recorded on Owl Recording
“…sensitive, stately, solemn, dramatic… Forest Without Leaves deserves a wider hearing.”—Option
“…Forest Without Leaves is a work which is both moving and coherent, with a message whose time has come.” —Chorus!
Night Peace (1976)
for antiphonal choirs (SATB), solo soprano, harp, percussion
15:00
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Commissioned by the Atlanta Singers
Recorded on New Albion Records
“…Night Peace is what new choral music is all about.” —John Schaefer, National Public Radio
up into the silence (1978/84)
poem by e e cummings
for voice (medium) and piano
3:30