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Three High Places: Chatter North
Feb 08 2025
10:30
Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Cost: $5-17

John Luther Adams Three High Places
Evan Daitz
 A Balloon’s Breath
Béla Bartók Divertimento

Ruxandra Marquardt, Megan Holland, Natalie Frantz, Ana Maria Quintero, Carla Kountoupes, Lidija Peno-Kelly, Laura Steiner violin
Kim Fredenburgh, Laura Chang, Allie Norris 
viola
Amy Huzjak, Joel [...]

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Become Desert: ERSO and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Feb 14 2025
19:00
Teras Beach
Tallinn, Estonia
Cost: 44.00 - 100.00 €

PROGRAMME

John Luther Adams
Become Desert

Steve Reich
The Desert Music


In February, the orchestra will join the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir for a performance at Teras Beach, a beach sports and leisure centre in Tallinn. In deep winter, audiences can step onto white sands in 26-degree heat and enjoy minimalist [...]

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Become Desert: ERSO and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Feb 15 2025
19:00
Teras Beach
Tallinn, Estonia
Cost: 44.00 - 100.00 €

PROGRAMME

John Luther Adams
Become Desert

Steve Reich
The Desert Music


In February, the orchestra will join the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir for a performance at Teras Beach, a beach sports and leisure centre in Tallinn. In deep winter, audiences can step onto white sands in 26-degree heat and enjoy minimalist [...]

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A Brief Descent into Deep Time: Theatre of Voices
Feb 25 2025
19:30
Zankel Hall
New York, NY, USA

Embodying “undivided devotion to the musical material,” the Grammy Award–winning vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices is a go-to collaborator for many of today’s most visionary composers. In Zankel Hall alone, they have premiered new works by such artists as Arvo Pärt, David Lang, and Ingram Marshall. In this performance—in the intimate, in-the-round Zankel Hall Center Stage configuration—they sing a world premiere by the [...]

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Become Ocean: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Feb 28 2025
19:30
Blume Studios
Charlotte, NC, USA
Cost: $35-50

Dive into the world of John Luther Adams's Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean as the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra transforms Blume Studios into an immersive soundscape with a live performance of the work, inspired by the stunning waters of the Pacific Northwest.

Featuring dynamic light projections and a 360° spatial audio experience, this multi-sensory event invites a profound meditation on the beauty and fragility of the natural world, continuing through [...]

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Become Ocean: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Mar 01 2025
15:00
Blume Studios
Charlotte, NC, USA
Cost: $35-50

Dive into the world of John Luther Adams's Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean as the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra transforms Blume Studios into an immersive soundscape with a live performance of the work, inspired by the stunning waters of the Pacific Northwest.

Featuring dynamic light projections and a 360° spatial audio experience, this multi-sensory event invites a profound meditation on the beauty and fragility of the natural world, continuing through [...]

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Become Ocean: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Mar 01 2025
19:30
Blume Studios
Charlotte, NC, USA
Cost: $35-50

Dive into the world of John Luther Adams's Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean as the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra transforms Blume Studios into an immersive soundscape with a live performance of the work, inspired by the stunning waters of the Pacific Northwest.

Featuring dynamic light projections and a 360° spatial audio experience, this multi-sensory event invites a profound meditation on the beauty and fragility of the natural world, continuing through [...]

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Become Ocean: Basel Sinfonietta
May 10 2025
20:00
Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall
Hamburg, Germany
Cost: €15-78

Performers

Basel Sinfonietta

Andreas Haefliger piano

conductor Titus Engel

 

Program

Dieter Ammann
The Piano [...]

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Become Ocean: Basel Sinfonietta
Jun 05 2025
19:00
Stadtcasino Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Cost: 5-76

DIETER AMMANN

The Piano Concerto «Gran Toccata» (2016/19)

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS

Become Ocean (1964)

ANDREAS HAEFLINGER, PIANIST
TITUS ENGEL, CONDUCTOR
LAURENT ZUFFREY, ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
BASEL SINFONIETTA

Pre-concert talk at 6.15 pm
In cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

[...]

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Become Desert: NAC Orchestra
Jun 18 2025
20:00
Southam Hall
Ottawa, Canada
Cost: $15-110

  • JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Desert
  • IGOR STRAVINSKY The [...]

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