The Farthest Place   (2001)
for flute, violin, 'cello, vibraphone, marimba.

11:00

The Immeasurable Space of Tones   (1998-2001)
for violin, doublebass, vibraphone (or electronic mallet instrument), marimba (or electronic mallet instrument), piano, sustaining keyboard.

43:00

Among Red Mountains   (2001)
for solo piano.

10:30

The Light That Fills the World (Chamber Version)   (1999)
for amplified violin, contrabassoon or doublebass, vibraphone, marimba, sustaining keyboard.

13:00

Commissioned by the Paul Dresher Electric Chamber Ensemble (San Francisco).

In a Treeless Place, Only Snow   (1999)
for celesta, harp (or piano), 2 vibraphones, string quartet.

18:00

Commissioned by the Third Angle New Music Ensemble (Portland, OR).

"Adams' music made the unseen visible, like breath exhaled into frosty air, a bodilessness pulsing with life. His rising and falling themes, traded among the strings, built a prayerful melodic arc that stretched out to infinity yet spoke directly to the individual soul."

Time Undisturbed (1999)
for piccolo, flute, and alto flute (or three shakuhachis), three harps (three kotos, or celesta, piano and harp), 'cello and sustaining keyboard (or sho).

19:00

Commissioned by the Kanagawa Cultural Council for the Monophony Consort (Tokyo).

Make Prayers to the Raven (1996/98)
fl, vln, hp (or pno), vlc, percussion.

16:30

Five Athabascan Dances  (1992/96)
for harp and percussion

16:00

Five Yup'ik Dances  (1991-94)
for solo harp

12:00

Strange Birds Passing
(in memory of Tadashi Miyashita)   (1983)
for flute ensemble (2/3/2/1)

6:30

songbirdsongs   (1974-80)
for 2 piccolos and 3 percussion

ca. 40:00

Recorded on Centaur (CRC 2273) and Opus One (LP#66).

"...one of the most sensitive reworkings of birdsong since Messiaen's."

" ...exquisitely gentle evocations of wilderness sounds... songbirdsongs transformed the auditorium into the aural equivalent of some enchanted forest...The effect was musical magic."

"un monde d'enchantement sonore, vibrant de mystere et de poesie."

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