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Title	Earth and the Great Weather (1990-93)
Article no.	4022718
Category	Choir/Vocals
Subcategory	(Choir, mixed with accompaniment not yet assigned)
Instrumentation	Vln (violin); Vla (viola); Vlc (cello); KB (double bass); digital delay; SSAB; 4Perc (4 percussion players); 4SprS
Text language	English {en}
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Year of publication	1993
Composer	Adams, John Luther
Duration	90:00
Additional info/contents	'A Sonic Geography of the Arctic' for vln, vla, vlc, cb, digital delay, 4 singers (SSAB), 4 percussion, 4 speaking voices and natural sounds. Commissioned by the Alaska Festival of Native Arts. Full Score '...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
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	Earth and the Great Weather (1990-93) (violin; viola; cello; double bass; digital delay; SSAB; 4 percussion players; 4SprS)
	Earth and the Great Weather, audio CD

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