Broadcasting from an undisclosed location on the shore of the Tasman Sea, John Luther Adams encourages us to find comfort and faith in an ancient story.
โAn Atlas of Deep Time,โ performed by the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and conducted by music director Delta David Gier, is out today:
https://lnk.to/deep_time
NOW STREAMING on Apple Music: 'An Atlas of Deep Time' is John Luther Adams' first large-scale work with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Commissioned and recorded by the SDSO under the baton of music director Delta David Gier, the piece taps into an ancient resonance that seems to hover imposingly, but benevolently, over our own existence โ itself a blip in geological time.
Back in 2016, Gier had invited the composer to a performance of his Pulitzer-winning 'Become Ocean.' The spirit of the orchestra won Adams over, and also reminded him of his own past as a percussionist in the Fairbanks Symphony: โIโm used to audacious orchestras outside the cultural capitals," he said at the time, "โ in particular those who donโt know what theyโre not supposed to be able to do.โ
'An Atlas of Deep Time' was mixed in Dolby ATMOS by recording engineer Nathaniel Reichman. We encourage you to experience the music in Spatial Audio, the way it was intended, on #AppleMusicClassical:
https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1770552158?l=en-US
We're still reeling from this past weekend's edition of Long Play, bookended by these two performances by Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective to open the festivities on Friday night, and Deerhoof to close them on Sunday.
Much respect to the entire team at Bang on a Can and all the participating Brooklyn venues this year. We can't wait until the next one!
