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Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Dora Stoutzker Hall
Castle Grounds
Bute Park
Cardiff
CF10 3ER
Wales
Programme
John Luther Adams – Three Canticles of the Birds: Dream of the Hermit Thrush
John Luther Adams – Four Thousand Holes
John Luther Adams – Tukiliit
Performers
Siwan Rhys – piano
George Barton – Percussion
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Programme Note
Sleeping in is giving in! So get yourself up bright and early for a Sunday morning concert of piano and percussion music. But don’t worry, we’re not going to trouble any sore heads. These minimalist soundscapes by John Luther Adams are the perfect soundtrack to an early start.
Adams himself says Four Thousand Holes is inspired by rock’n’roll. Not that you can tell immediately by listening to it. While it lifts the simple major and minor chords from popular music, they are constructed into a piece with unusual rhythms and ghostly acoustic auras.
The concert takes place in the foyer of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Siwan Rhys and George Barton are the musicians tasked with performing this technically challenging music on a Sunday morning.
The RWCMD café will be open for coffee beforehand and breakfast afterwards.
