John Luther Adams (1953-)
Dark Waves (2007)
Among Red Mountains (2001)
Qilyaun (1998)
Red arc/Blue Veil (2002)

Stephen Drury, Yukiko Takagi. Scott Deal, Stuart Gerber

Red Arc / Blue Veil is ecstatic, powerful music for piano(s) and percussion that combines architectural and multi-tempo/polyrhythmic processes with the composer‘s passion for lush surface textures. This music ties together extremes—shifting color fields and monochromatic planes; quietly shimmering textures and “noisy” roars; the wild and the constrained. The four pieces that make up this CD—Dark Waves, Among Red Mountains, Qilyuan, and Red Arc/Blue Veil—are for various combinations of one or two pianos, percussion, and electronics. [CD and folder in jewel case]