John Luther Adams: Red Arc, Blue Veil

As performed by pianist Kirsten Volness and percussionist Nick Gleason of Hotel Elefant. Filmed at Q2 Music s Meet The Composer launch party and hosted by Q2 Music s Nadia Sirota, the party also includes a starstudded array of dynamic, awardwinning performers: flutist and International Contemporary Ensemble artistic director Claire Chase performs Balter s Pessoa; Hotel Elefant performs Adams s Red Arc, Blue Veil; Attacca String Quartet performs excerpts from Norman s Peculiar Strokes; Cellist Hannah Collins performs Shaw s in manus tuas; and Bang on a Can AllStar pianist Vicky Chow, cellist Ashley Bathgate and violinist Todd Reynolds perform Dennehy s Bulb. A commercial recording with Red Arc, Blue Veil is available on an album of the same name on Cold Blue: Subscribe to the Meet the Composer podcast via iTunes: