Become Ocean

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Become Ocean is a Pulitzer Prize–winning orchestral composition by John Luther Adams that evokes the vast, immersive power and slow, tidal movements of the sea.

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Become Ocean canonical 7

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instanceOf contemporary classical composition ⓘ
orchestral composition ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Music ⓘ
awardYear 2014 ⓘ
commissionedBy Alaska’s Anchorage Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
Oregon Symphony ⓘ
Seattle Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Seattle Symphony
composer John Luther Adams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs a slowly shifting tidal sound mass ⓘ
evoking the vast, immersive power of the sea ⓘ
duration approximately 42 minutes ⓘ
form arch-like form ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
program music ⓘ
GrammyAwardYear 2015 ⓘ
hasInstrumentation brass ⓘ
harp ⓘ
large symphony orchestra ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
influencedBy environmental concerns ⓘ
inspiredBy Alaskan seascapes ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
languageOfWork none (instrumental) ⓘ
notableFeature gradual dynamic and harmonic shifts ⓘ
three large orchestral groups spatially separated ⓘ
premiereCity Seattle ⓘ
premiereConductor Ludovic Morlot ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereDate 2013-06-17 ⓘ
premiereEnsemble Seattle Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Seattle Symphony
premiereLocation Benaroya Hall, Seattle ⓘ
linked to: Benaroya Hall
recordedBy Seattle Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Seattle Symphony
recordedForLabel Cantaloupe Music ⓘ
releaseYear 2014 ⓘ
reviewedBy The New York Times ⓘ
The New Yorker ⓘ
structure single continuous movement ⓘ
subjectMatter climate change ⓘ
nature ⓘ
ocean ⓘ
texture dense orchestral sonorities ⓘ
slowly evolving ⓘ
yearOfComposition 2013 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Luther Adams → notableWork → Become Ocean ⓘ
John Luther Adams → workAwarded → Become Ocean ⓘ
John Luther Adams → notableWork → Become Ocean ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Become River → relatedWork → Become Ocean ⓘ
Become Desert → follows → Become Ocean ⓘ
Become Desert → relatedWork → Become Ocean ⓘ