Enter a realm flooded with light and sound with music by Arvo Pärt, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell, Mica Levi, Jasmine Morris and John Luther Adams
The Alaskan wilderness and the Arctic sky is where night and day steadily unfold with a special kind of magic. These horizons stretch far and wide across the nature-infused music of John Luther Adams. His ‘Canticles of the Sky’ for string quartet is stark, bright and expansive. It takes inspiration [...]
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TUESDAYS @ MONK SPACE PRESENTS: An Evening of Strings, Strings, and . . . Presented by the Cold Blue Music Record Label*
Exquisite, virtuosic music from Los Angeles’s Cold Blue Music record label, a source of remarkable new music with a West Coast slant for more than 25 years.
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Explore land, water and air before arriving in the city of [...]
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Across the last 20 years, the JACK Quartet has emerged as one of the country’s most enterprising string quartets, heirs apparent to the spirit and success of peers like the Kronos. After meeting at the Eastman School of Music, the group immediately cultivated accessibility and flexibility, as comfortable with grand concert halls as intimate bars. In the decades since, they have recorded the new works of John Zorn, Cenk Ergün, and Brian Baumbusch, plus pieces by the likes of Steve [...]
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In partnership with the USC Thornton School of Music and co-producer Liquid Music, the LA Phil presents environmentalist composer John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work for winds, brass, and percussion as part of their Insight initiative. Led by conductor Christopher Rountree and director Dimitri Chamblas and featuring musicians from the acclaimed USC Thornton School of Music, the piece offers an opportunity to rediscover and reconsecrate our sense of [...]
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Program
John Luther Adams Nunataks (Solitary Peaks) (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Among Red Mountains (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Cold Mountain (for Ralph van Raat) (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Tukiliit (The Stone People Who Live in the Wind) (for Emanuele Arciuli) (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Four Thousand Holes [...]
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In partnership with the USC Thornton School of Music and co-producer Liquid Music, the LA Phil presents environmentalist composer John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work for winds, brass, and percussion as part of their Insight initiative. Led by conductor Christopher Rountree and director Dimitri Chamblas and featuring musicians from the acclaimed USC Thornton School of Music, the piece offers an opportunity to rediscover and reconsecrate our sense of [...]
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For their 50th Anniversary Season, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, directed by their leader of 35 years, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, present the world premiere of Horizon by John Luther Adams alongside a string orchestra arrangement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden quartet. From the emotional depth and intimacy of Schubert to the expansive and immersive beauty of John Luther Adams, this program celebrates tradition, bold imagination, and [...]
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Teddy Abrams, conductor
Anthony Green, World Premiere (Louisville Orchestra Creators Corp)
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
John Luther Adams, An Atlas of Deep Time
A century after its debut, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue still crackles with energy—its opening clarinet glissando an unmistakable call to the thrill of jazz-age America. Teddy Abrams leads the Louisville Orchestra in this timeless fusion of classical and jazz idioms.
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Anthony Green, World Premiere (Louisville Orchestra Creators Corp)
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
John Luther Adams, An Atlas of Deep Time
A century after its debut, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue still crackles with energy—its opening clarinet glissando an unmistakable call to the thrill of jazz-age America. Teddy Abrams leads the Louisville Orchestra in this timeless fusion of classical and jazz idioms.
Take the plunge into huge orchestral sound as the Calgary Phil and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra come together to perform John Luther Adams' Become Ocean, a haunting work that evokes an unstoppable tidal surge. They also join forces to play Holst's enthralling orchestral mood pictures inspired by the astrological significance of the planets and how they may influence human character.
Founded in New York City in 1980 by Artistic Director and choreographer Mark Morris, the Mark Morris Dance Group has been called “the preeminent modern dance organization of our time” (Yo-Yo Ma). The group returns to The Joyce with a live music and dance program entitled Dances to American Music, featuring selections by George Gershwin, John Luther Adams, and more.
In partnership with Boston University Tanglewood Institute, BSO presents environmentalist composer John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work for winds, brass, and percussion. Led by conductor Christopher Rountree and director Dimitri Chamblas and featuring 40 BUTI musicians, the piece offers an opportunity to rediscover and reconsecrate our sense of place. Throughout the performance, each performer and listener is free to follow their own individual path through [...]
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In partnership with Boston University Tanglewood Institute, BSO presents environmentalist composer John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work for winds, brass, and percussion. Led by conductor Christopher Rountree and director Dimitri Chamblas and featuring 40 BUTI musicians, the piece offers an opportunity to rediscover and reconsecrate our sense of place. Throughout the performance, each performer and listener is free to follow their own individual path [...]
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