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Upcoming Performances of John Luther Adams’ Works

Source: John Luther Adams.

September 25-26
Sila: The Breath of the World
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
Donald Nally, Benjamin Bolter, Alan Pierson, and Doug Perkins, conductors
Bienen School of Music, Evanston

September 27
Sila: The Breath of the World
La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego

September 27
Strange and Sacred Noise
SŌ Percussion
Menil Collection, Houston

October 7
Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing (New York premiere)
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick, conductor
Miller Theatre, New York

October 9
for Lou Harrison (New York premiere)
JACK Quartet
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick, conductor

October 10
In the White Silence (New York premiere)
JACK Quartet
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick, conductor

October 12
Strange and Sacred Noise
University of Michigan Flute Ensemble
Contemporary Directions Ensemble and Chamber Choir
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

October 15
Become Ocean
University Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
University of Michigan Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor

October 31-November 1
Become Ocean
La Jolla Symphony
Steven Schick, conductor
Mandeville Auditorium, San Diego

November 5
Dream in White on White
Sinfonietta Nova
Grunds for Sculpture, Hamilton

November 14-15
Become Ocean
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

November 19
Strange and Sacred Noise
NOVUS NY Percussion featuring Sandbox Quartet
Trinity Church, New York

November 20
The Wind in High Places
JACK Quartet
Roulette, Brooklyn

November 23
songbirdsongs
Callithumpian Consort
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

December 5
Become Ocean
New World Symphony
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
New World Center, Miami Beach

December 5-6
The Light That Fills the World
La Jolla Symphony
Steven Schick, conductor
Mandeville Auditorium, San Diego

December 8
Canticles of the Sky (World Premiere)
Calder Quartet
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles


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