John Luther Adams: Composing Become Desert

“Become Desert is both a celebration of the deserts we are given, and a lamentation of the deserts we create.” — John Luther Adams / Stream or buy the album: http://smarturl.it/become_desert John Luther Adams’ Become Desert is the much-anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer-winning Become Ocean, and a major milestone in the creative partnership between the composer and the Seattle Symphony with Ludovic Morlot. With Become Desert, space is once again a fundamental compositional element in Adams', but on a larger scale, with five different ensembles moving at five different tempos. Along the way, “You begin to feel that this music you had thought was suspended in time is slowly leading you somewhere, pulling you somewhere. It continues upward, rising with inevitable force, like the wind or the light.” Purchase the album on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/31N2cjA Learn more about Cantaloupe Music: https://cantaloupemusic.com Subscribe to the Seattle Symphony YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2HZpD07 Sign up for our monthly newsletter, The Score: http://bit.ly/2JzGPMR Facebook:   / seattlesymphony   Instagram:   / seattlesymphony   Twitter:   / seattlesymphony   Apple Music: https://apple.co/2JXBIFw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HxdNes #BecomeDesert #ListenBoldly