John Luther Adams' Among Red Mountains for solo Piano. 'I've always been intimidated by the Piano. As a performer I never played it very well. And as a composer I've never felt as if Icould make the instrument my won.On a recent …
Little Cosmic Dust Poem by John Luther Adams for Voice and Piano. This work features a text by John Haines and is dedicated to Fred and Alexandra Peters on the 30th anniversary of theirwedding. Out of the debris of dying stars thi…
John Luther Adams' Night Peace for antiphonal chorus (SATB) solo Soprano Harp and Percussion. 'Night Peace is based entirely on a single melodic line which is heard only once sung by thesolo Soprano at the end of the piece. Th…
From Coyote Builds North America-John Luther Adams' Five Percussion Quartets From Coyote Builds North America. These pieces are drawn from the music-theater work Coyote Builds North America a collaboration with writerBarry Lopez …
John Luther Adams' Five Yu'pik Dances for solo Harp. Composed in 1991. Duration: 7-8 minutes. 'This set of miniatures is based on traditional dance songs of the Yupik Eskimo people ofWestern Alaska. In their original forms these…
John Luther Adams' Canticles Of The Sky for String Quartet. Composer's Note: In the Arctic sky the low angle of the sun and heavy ice crystals in the air often produce vivid halos arcs andsundogs (parhelia). Sometimes these phen…
John Luther Adams' Four Thousand Holes for Piano Percussion (Vibraphone and Orchestra Bells) and Electronic Aura. Composed in 2010 and dedicated to Stephen Drury. Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds.'Four Thousand Holes is my own eff…
Player Score-John Luther Adams' Always Very Soft for Percussion Trio. Player score. 'I began Always Very Soft in the spring of 1973 and completed it more than three decades later. Originally the piece was scored for percussion tri…
And The Dead Who Climb Up To The Sky-John Luther Adams' Magic Song For One Who Wishes To Live and The Dead Who Climb Up To The Sky. This work for Voice and Piano features texts adapted from the Ammassalik and ThuleEskimo. 'The wi…
John Luther Adams' Nunataks (Solitary Peaks) for solo Piano. Commissioned by Music Northwest. Duration: 7 minutes. 'Nunataks are mountains that rise up outof ice elds and glaciers. The jagged contours of nunataks contrast sharply …
John Luther Adams' Five Athabascan Dances for Harp and Percussion. Duration: 16 minutes. 'These pieces are inspired by the music and spirit of the Athabascan people ofAlaska's boreal forest. The first and third dances are based on…
John Luther Adams' ...And Bells Remembered... for five percussionists playing: Bowed CrotalesOrchestra BellsVibesChimesBowed Vibes Commissioned by the UniversityOf Wisconsin - River Falls.Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds.
Score And Parts/Download-John Luther Adams: Dark Waves for two Pianos and Electronics (included as a download). Duration: 12 minutes. 'As I composed this music I pondered the ominousevents of our times: terrorism and war intensi…
From Earth And The Great Weather-John Luther Adams' Three Drum Quartets from 'Earth And The Great Weather'. 'These three pieces are drawn from 'Earth And The Great Weather' anevening-length 'sonic geography' of the Arctic. Althou…
John Luther Adams' Make Prayers To The Raven for Flute Percussion Harp Violin and Cello.Approx. duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds. 'This little suite is drawn fromthe score of a music-theater work for children. Movements II and I…
Player Score-John Luther Adams' Untouched for String Quartet. Player score. Over the years my large ensemble works have sometimes included String Quartet. However I didn't write my first piece forString Quartet alone until I was …
John Luther Adams' The Immeasurable Space Of Tones for Violin Vibraphone Piano sustaining Keyboard and Contrabass. Duration: 30 minutes. 'Number 5 1950 was MarkRothko's last painting before the breakthrough into his mature for…
John Luther Adams' The Light That Fills The World for Chamber Ensemble (6 players). Score and parts. Duration: 13 minutes. 'The Light That Fills The World' was written in late winter andearly spring when - following the long darkn…
John Luther Adams' Poem Of The Forgotten for Voice and Piano. Duration: 5 minutes. This work sets a text by John Haines and is dedicated to Haines on the occasion of his 80thbirthday. I came to this place a young man green and lon…
