The string quartet Everything that rises from John Luther Adams is only a small piece of a much larger work, Sila: The Breath of the World written for choir and orchestra.
The title of the quartet refers to the rising movement that is so characteristic of his work. He commented on this quartet, saying:
“In this new work I’ve combined the constant rising with the ideal of a perpetual acceleration canon that I first explored in that early percussion piece, more than fifty years ago.”
Presented by Leo Samama
John Luther Adams (1953) – Everything that rises (2017)
Performing: JACK Quartet
CD: Cold Blue Music