Composer

John Luther Adams

b. 1953 · American

21 catalogued orchestral works — 10 with instrumentation confirmed against a source, 11 still marked TBD. We publish TBD rather than a guess.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1974songbirdsongsConfirmed—
1984How the Sun Came to the Forest · chorusTBD—
1988The Far Country of SleepTBD—
1991Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of UnknowingTBD—
1992Dream in White on WhiteConfirmed—
1995Sauyatugvik: The Time of DrummingTBD—
1996Sauyatugvik: The Time of Drumming (1996 version)Confirmed—
1998In the White SilenceTBD—
1999The Light That Fills the WorldTBD—
2004for Lou HarrisonConfirmed—
2007Dark WavesConfirmed12'
2009InuksuitConfirmed—
2010Become RiverConfirmed16'
2012Become OceanConfirmed42'
2013Canticles of the Holy Wind · chorusTBD—
2014Sila: The Breath of the World · chorusTBD—
2014Ten Thousand BirdsTBD—
2015Across the DistanceConfirmed—
2017Become Desert · chorusConfirmed40'
2022An Atlas of Deep TimeTBD—
2025HorizonTBD—

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