Classical Classroom, Episode 206: John Luther Adams Walks Through "Become Desert"

With Become Desert , composer John Luther Adams is done "Become"-ing (learn why in this episode). First, there was the Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning Become Ocean . Then, there was Become River . Finally, in 2019, Adams put his feet on solid ground, in a terrain he's much more comfortable with. And now there's Become Desert. Here, Adams talks about what the deceptively simple pieces of the Become trilogy are, both musically and conceptually, about Desert in particular, and about why music > politics will ever be at saving the world.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 206: John Luther Adams Walks Through "Become Desert" is an episode from Classical Classroom by Dacia Clay.

This episode is 38:27 long.

This episode was published on Dec 4, 2019.

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