John Luther Adams - signature



bio
new
recordings
writings
interviews
works



theater

Earth and the Great Weather  (1990-93)
"A Sonic Geography of the Arctic"
for vln, vla, vlc, cb, digital delay, 4 singers (SSAB), 4 percussion, 4 speaking voices and natural sounds.

90:00

Commissioned by the Alaska Festival of Native Arts.

Recorded on New World Records (80459-2).

"...John Luther Adams' powerful Earth and the Great Weather was less a traditional opera, more an environment in which to contemplate the fragile sounds the composer created and the bleak, beautiful landscapes he evoked... Vocal quartet Synergy gave a restrained but potent performance verging on ritual enactment."

- BBC Music Magazine

"...a powerful amalgam of poetry, philosophy and music..."

- Opera Magazine















Crow and Weasel  (1993-94) (story by Barry Lopez)
for picc/bs clnt (one player), four percussion, celesta, harp, and string quintet.

90:00





Commissioned by the Sundance Institute and the Children's Theater company.






Script published by Samuel French.




Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping With His Daughter, Coyote Builds North America  (1986-90)
for clnts (e-flat and bass), vln, cb, 4 percussion and storyteller.

70:00





Commissioned by Perseverance Theater.






"...timeless wisdom and humor... Coyote is a work that is full of wonder... The capacity audience responded at the end of the evening by standing up and howling back."



- Rutland (VT) Daily Herald




"...A howl of a production...Coyote is theatrically, musically, visually, psychologically and spiritually powerful medicine."



-- Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
















Score Sample


Back

All works available from:


Theodore Front Musical Literature
16122 Cohasset St.
Van Nuys, Ca 91406
818.994.1902

and


  P.O. Box 81382
  Fairbanks, AK 99708
  907.455.6235

Taiga Press


Contact

Bio | New | Recordings | Interviews | Writings
Works | Calendar | Credits | Home