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John Luther Adams
Credo
(In memory of Gordon Wright.)
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I believe in the mystery of being,
in the wholeness of life,
and the spirit in all things.
 
I believe in the tundra,
in the forests, in the rivers,
and the nameless mountains stretching to the sea.
 
I believe in the music
of the rising wind, the rushing water,
and the bell-tones of the hermit thrush ringing in the twilight.
 
I believe we are relatives
of the moose, and the swans,
of the birch, the cranberry, and the wild rose.
 
I believe that our destiny
is to know our place, to live in peace,
and to listen to the earth.
 
Adams's swelling orchestral work may be the loveliest apocalypse in musical history. - Alex Ross, New Yorker
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