Wind in High Places

Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria reflects on memory and change, evoking landscapes both personal and physical, while Wadada Leo Smith’s String Quartet No. 5 (In the Diaspora: Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions) conjures the forces of upheaval and renewal. In Warblework, Cassandra Miller transforms the intricate songs of North American thrushes into layered, weaving lines that blur the boundaries between human and avian voices. John Luther Adams’ The Wind in High Places turns string instruments into an aeolian harp, evoking vast, windswept landscapes.

The Ligeti Quartet make their return to Barber Concerts and give the final Barber Lunchtime Concert of the 21/22 season.

The Ligeti Quartet will be in Glasgow during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop26) to take part in BBC Radio 3's New Music Show, joining Xenia Pestova-Bennett in her Atomic Legacies, and performing John Luther Adams's The Wind in High Places.

Recording:
5th November 2021, 19:00-21:00
Doors open 18:00
Studio B, BBC Scotland, Glasgow G51 1DA