John Luther Adams

Become River: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mar 21 2026
18:30

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
London, UK

Cost: £7.5-45

Tickets

ABOUT THIS EVENT

The music

John Luther Adams Become River (16’)

Clarice Assad Terra: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (European premiere) (22’) Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Desyatnikov) (with live dance) (26’)

The performers

Pablo Rus Broseta conductor
Jonathan Davies bassoon*
Alice Ivy-Pemberton violin

Explore land, water and air before arriving in the city of tango.

Imagine an orchestra as a river. Or a bassoon becoming one with nature, exploring land, water and air. The latest adventure in our Harmony with Nature season begins with a contemporary classic by John Luther Adams. It embraces Terra, Clarice Assad’s Earth-inspired concerto, and it ends amid the changing seasons of Buenos Aires, with a live dance interpretation of Piazzolla’s intimate portrait of the city of tango.

THE VENUE

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
London, SE1 8XX
UK

Phone: +44 20 3879 9555
Website: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/queen-elizabeth-hall/

His music perfectly echoes the landscape he loves: impersonal, relentless, larger than human scale, yet gorgeous, a quiet chaos of colors, suffused with light. It’s not a climate everyone could live in. But for those who want to bathe their ears in an aural aurora borealis while staying warm inside, it’s a spiritual odyssey well worth taking. - Kyle Gann

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