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DESCRIPTION:Aug 13-14\, 2026\nCrossing Open Ground takes its title from a b
 ook by Barry Lopez\, to whom it is dedicated and whose rhapsodic nature wr
 iting has prompted comparisons with Henry David Thoreau\, bard of Walden. 
 The first thing to know about attending the performance is that you’re w
 elcome to bring your own blanket or a “low outdoor chair.” More to the
  point\, bring comfortable shoes—the sine qua non\, per Birgit Nilsson\,
  for singing the role of Isolde\, but that’s another story. John Luther 
 Adams—often reflexively described as an “environmentalist” composer\
 , though the label seems reductive—lists this recent creation among his 
 works for orchestra and large ensemble\; it’s designed for self-discover
 y on the part of listeners as well as musicians. From its Aspen premiere i
 n 2023\, it migrated—courtesy of the Juilliard School—to Lincoln Cente
 r for Earth Month 2024. This April\, the LA Philharmonic sponsored a perfo
 rmance by musicians from the USC Thornton School. The scoring is for 40 pl
 ayers (or multiples of 40) on woodwinds\, brass\, and percussion. Here the
  count is 40\, drawn from the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. (Eve
 ry iteration so far has had an academic affiliation.) “The piece\,” we
  are advised\, “offers an opportunity to rediscover and reconsecrate our
  sense of place.” All present are free—would it be too bossy to say 
 “encouraged”?—to follow their own individual path through the landsc
 ape\, physical and musical. “I have traveled a great deal in Concord\,
 ” Thoreau once said. Lopez traveled a great deal from pole to pole and a
 ll around the Equator. Maybe that’s why the duration of this crossing\, 
 per the composer’s works catalogue—can vary from 54 minutes to 81. Lat
 itude indeed.
LOCATION:Tanglewood\, 297 West St\, Lenox\, MA 01240\, USA
SUMMARY:John Luther Adams: Crossing Open Ground
URL;VALUE=TEXT:https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/john-luther-adams-cro
 ssing-open-ground
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