John Luther Adams
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Sun 19 Apr 202614:15 - 15:30Grote Zaal
1 Normaal € 35,00 CJP € 28,00 Stadspas € 28,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50 2 Normaal € 28,00 CJP € 28,00 Stadspas € 28,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50
Program
John Luther Adams Nunataks (Solitary Peaks) (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Among Red Mountains (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Cold Mountain (for Ralph van Raat) (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Tukiliit (The Stone People Who Live in the Wind) (for Emanuele Arciuli) (piano solo)
John Luther Adams Four Thousand Holes (new version for 2 pianos, world premiere)
John Luther Adams Dark Waves (2 pianos)
Credits
Ralph van Raat piano
Emanuele Arciuli piano
John Luther Adams is a composer who knows how to capture the immensity of nature in sound. He does this through impressive orchestral works, but also with smaller ensembles. This afternoon, specialists Ralph van Raat and Emanuele Arciuli play John Luther Adams’ complete works for solo piano, including the world premiere of Four Thousand Holes in a version for two pianos. Vast, majestic, overwhelming: the maestro’s touch is unmistakable.
John Luther Adams (no relation to the post-minimalist John Adams) lived in Alaska for many years. He immortalized the northern ocean in his Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning orchestral work, Become Ocean. He now lives part-time in a Mexican desert, a change that inspired Become Desert. The titles of his piano compositions speak for themselves: rugged, inhospitable nature is always the source of inspiration.
