CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL: JOHN LUTHER ADAMS
Wednesday, 21. May 2008, 00:41:30
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS
EARTH AND THE GREAT WEATHER
(A SONIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE ARCTIC) (1994)
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This vast landscape of sound, described by Adams as being “as close to religion as I get,” is a celebration of Alaska that will appeal to anyone who has ever been awed by nature.
Earth and the Great Weather is a moving seventy-five-minute musical evocation of Alaskan peoples, wildlife, and weather. Subtitled “A Sonic Geography of the Arctic,” Adams’s writing is based on the aural mood unique to each place and each moment. Innovatively tuned strings, thunderous percussion interludes and voices are deftly woven with the sounds of loons, cranes, wind, waves, thunder and glacial cracking (all recorded by Adams himself) into a sonic tapestry of epic proportions.
1. The Place Where You Go To Listen
2. Dreams oO Winter
3. Pointed Mountains Scattered All Around
4. The Circle Of Suns And Moons
5. The Circle Of Winds
6. Deep And Distant Thunder
7. River With No Willows
8. One That Stays All Winter
9. Drums Of Fire, Drums Of Stone
10. Where The Waves Splash, Hitting Again And Again
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By anonymous user, # 22. May 2008, 00:40:25
Second, could you get back to me once your blog has more posts? Understand that it's not that I don't want to link it, it's just that there's not much on it to this day. Thx and good luck with the blog.
By STEFANfromPARIS, # 22. May 2008, 04:21:30
Thanks for the post.
Music is about taste, and frankly, I do not like this kind of music. John Luther Adam's music is not a "music". It is soundscpae. It is so predictable, dreary, and tad boring. Oh, also I think the genre is NOT contemporary classical. It is way too far from that category.
Great post Stefan.
By anonymous user, # 22. May 2008, 20:36:21