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June 21, 2019 3:16 PM

The second in what will be a trilogy, coming after the Pulitzer Prize winning and all around incredible Become Ocean (Bandcamp link), is John Luther Adams' newest and equally incredible work Become Desert (NPR link with Spotify stream).
posted by Lutoslawski (5 comments total)

I saw (heard? witnessed? I'm suddenly at a loss for the right verb) the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra perform Become Ocean a few years ago and it is an absolutely incredible piece to hear performed live. I had seen something about Become Desert recently but hadn't dug to much to find it, so thanks for posting this!
posted by noneuclidean at 6:33 PM on June 21, 2019 [1 favorite]

This looks great. The CD comes with a 5.1 mix? Oh, I'm totally sold. Beyond Ocean was truly great.

I do hate that NPR is doing streaming service links instead of hosting the music themselves. It means I don't get to listen. I used to listen to a lot of upcoming music on NPR and ended up buying quite a lot of it. Now I just read about it on NPR, and I don't buy as much music as I used to.
posted by hippybear at 8:08 PM on June 21, 2019

Youtube Link (From Seattle Symphony, I think?)
posted by CrystalDave at 10:59 PM on June 21, 2019 [1 favorite]

hippybear, I agree. To NPR’s credit, they do host it themselves during the first listen period but move to streaming services after the release.
posted by Lutoslawski at 5:14 PM on June 23, 2019

CD/DVD ordered. (Along with a copy of the Mueller Report, because I'm tired of being reminded by NPR that "most Americans haven't read it". It rounded me up to free shipping.
posted by hippybear at 10:26 PM on June 28, 2019