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Qilyaun   (1998)
for four bass drums or bass drum with digital delay.

15:00



Strange and Sacred Noise  (1991-97)
six pieces for percussion quartet

75:00





Recorded by Percussion Group Cincinnati on Mode Records, this celebration of noise as a gateway to ecstatic experience will be released on surround-sound DVD and CD in Spring 2001.




Audio Excerpt 1: 661 kb
Audio Excerpt 2: 697 kb



Sauyatugvik: The Time of Drumming  (1996)
version for 2 Pianos, Timpani and 4 Percussion

11:00





"...a vivid personal vision... an evocation of Eskimo drumming and dancing that verges on the ecstatic..."



-- Peter G. Davis, New York




Three Drum Quartets from Earth and the Great Weather  (1993)

28:00





"...muscular and sophisticated pieces... based on Inuit dance music... charged with the explosive power of Japanese Taiko drumming..."



-- The Wire




...dust into dust...  (1991)
(from Strange and Sacred Noise)
for two snare drums and two tenor drums

9:00



Five Percussion Quartets from Coyote Builds North America  (1990)

18:00



Green Corn Dance  (1974)
for percussion ensemble (six players)

7:30


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John Luther Adams's email: jla@alaska.net

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