The Light That Fills the World: Music of John Luther Adams

Thursday, February 24, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Luther AdamsThe Farthest Place (violin, vibraphone, piano, marimba, & double bass)
John Luther AdamsThe Wind in High Places (string quartet)
John Luther AdamsAmong Red Mountains (piano)
John Luther AdamsThe Light that Fills the World (violin, vibraphone, keyboard, marimba, & double bass)

$15-$30

Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act II – Dreams

Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 12:00am – 8:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcin Pączkowski turns your dreams into an interactive sound installation from midnight to 7:00am, followed by a performance of John Luther Adams’ songbirdsongs at daybreak.

$75

Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall

Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).

$75

Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'

Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'

Thursday, March 29, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble

Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan

$5-$15 suggested donation

Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)

Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Friday, September 15, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

The Sound Ensemble: In Nature's Realm

Saturday, October 29, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Teske – susurrus
Tom Cipullo – Rain
Greg Dixon – Cedar Forest
John Cage – Litany for the Whale
John Luther Adams – songbirdsongs
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hrim

$10-$15

Wayward Music Series: Parnassus Project

Friday, August 12, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring American mysticism, featuring works by John Luther Adams, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, and a new work by Luke Fitzpatrick.

$5-$15

Seattle Symphony's IN THE WHITE SILENCE: John Luther Adams' Alaskan Landscapes

Friday, July 1, 2016 @ 10:00pm – 11:15pm (PDT)
Adams translates the vast horizons of the frozen far north into a musical tableau of clean, radiant harmony and subtle transformation.

$15

Seattle Symphony's THE LIGHT THAT FILLS THE WORLD: A Meditation in Sound & Light

Thursday, June 30, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Julia Wolfe – My Beautiful Scream
John Cage – 4’33”
John Luther Adams – The Light that Fills the World
Morton Feldman – Piano and Orchestra
Philip Glass – The Light

$25