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February 2022
London, UK—A Brief Descent into Deep Time (World Premiere)
Voices Unwrapped David Lang The Little Match Girl Passion Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Song John Luther Adams A Brief Descent into Deep Time (world premiere) Theatre of Voices David Bendix Nielsen organ TBA percussion Paul Hillier conductor Danish super group Theatre of Voices return to Kings Place for the world premiere of John Luther Adams’ A brief descent into deep time and David Lang’s award-winning The Little Match Girl Passion. John Luther Adams, a composer revered for reclaiming our connections with the…
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Perth, Australia—Become Ocean (Australian Premiere)
An immersive world of wonder Olivia DAVIES New Work (World Premiere) Benjamin BRITTEN Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes John Luther ADAMS Become Ocean (Australian Premiere) Benjamin Northey conductor West Australian Symphony Orchestra Western Australian Youth Orchestra Take a plunge into the deepest blue to discover churning waves, eerie calm and some of the greatest wonders of music of the sea. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, John Luther Adams’ expansive orchestral work Become Ocean is an intimate sonic journey, a…
Find out more »April 2022
New York, NY—Ten Thousand Birds (New York Premiere)
New music ensemble Alarm Will Sound will take over the Armory’s historic rooms and the Wade Thompson Drill Hall to perform Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams’ Ten Thousand Birds. The work is based on the songs of birds that are native to or migrate through the area in which the piece is performed. The ensemble performs the work throughout the Armory while the audience follows.
Find out more »New York, NY—Ten Thousand Birds
New music ensemble Alarm Will Sound will take over the Armory’s historic rooms and the Wade Thompson Drill Hall to perform Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams’ Ten Thousand Birds. The work is based on the songs of birds that are native to or migrate through the area in which the piece is performed. The ensemble performs the work throughout the Armory while the audience follows.
Find out more »Sioux Falls, SD—An Atlas of Deep Time (World Premiere)
SDSO Centennial Finale EVENT OVERVIEW: Strauss / Also Sprach Zarathustra John Luther Adams / An Atlas of Deep Time (World Premiere) Delta David Gier, conductor The final concert of this Centennial Season opens with Richard Strauss’ epic tone poem “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, the opening bars of which are immortalized in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” An Atlas of Deep Time is a World Premiere written especially for the occasion by Pulitzer and Grammy-award winning composer John Luther Adams. The…
Find out more »May 2022
Hamburg, Germany—Inuksuit
International Music Festival Hamburg Venue TBA Organizer: HamburgMusik The concert will be performed outdoors. Details will be announced.
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