London Contemporary Orchestra

For this month’s show we're looking ahead to a major LCO performance taking place in a couple of weeks, on October 31st at the Barbican, titled 'Other Worlds'. The event will showcase two modern masterpieces: John Luther Adams’ 'Become Ocean' which imagines the planet succumbing to the rising sea; and Giacinto Scelsi’s devastating work for large choir and orchestra, 'Uaxuctum: The Legend Of The Mayan City Which They Themselves Destroyed For Religious Reasons'. Both pieces will be performed within a vast multimedia installation from Universal Assembly Unit, which will create live imagery in reaction to the music using cutting-edge A.I. technology. We've devoted this NTS show exclusively to the music of John Luther Adams and feature four pieces: 'The Wind in High Places', '…and bells remembered…', 'Canticles of the Sky' (performed here by Oliver Coates) and lastly, 'The Place We Began'. For more details on our 'Other Worlds' performance and to book tickets, go to lcorchestra.co.uk