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Composer:
John Luther Adams

Artist(s):
Percussion Group Cincinnati

Background: Strange and Sacred Noise is a monumental work, for percussion quartet in nine movements, by the Alaskan composer John Luther Adams. The spatially separated percussionists make this an ideal work for surround-sound, as waves of percussion criss-cross around the room often to a hallucinatory effect. Its dynamics range from the threshold of audibility to the threshold of pain, embraces unsettling timbres and virtually the entire audible spectrum of sound. Much of this music is loud. It buzzes the eardrums, rattles the rib cage and immerses the listener in an overwhelming physical presence of sound. Expert performances by Percussion Group Cincinnati, who commissioned and premiered the piece. Composer-supervised first recording.

CATALOGUE NR: MODE153DVD
RECORD LABEL: Mode
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 18.99 including VAT, or £ 16.16 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: John Luther Adams
TITLE: Strange and Sacred Noise
TRACKS: ...dust into dust...for 2 snare drums & 2 field drums. solitary and time-breaking waves after James Tenney for 4 tam-tams. velocities crossing in phase-space after Conlon Nancarrow and Peter Garland for 8 tom-toms and 2 bass drums. triadic iteration lattices to Edgar Varese and Alvin Lucier for 4 air-raid sirens. clusters on a quadrilateral grid 1 to Morton Feldman for 4 marimbas. clusters on a quadrilateral grid 2 for 4 vibraphones. clusters on a quadrilateral grid 3 for 4 sets of crotales and orchestra bells. clusters on a quadrilateral grid 4 for 4 marimbas. ...and dust rising... for 2 snare drums & 2 field drums. 60-minute video interview with the composer in conversation with Allen Otte director of Percussion Group Cincinnati.
ARTISTS: Percussion Group Cincinnati      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sound Format: 24-bit surround sound in Dolby Digital & DTS - please note on the DVD the performance of Strange and Sacred Noise is not accompanied by video

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