For Solo Cello-'Gordon Wright was the friend of a lifetime. For thirty years Gordonand I shared our two greatest passions: music and Alaska. Gordonwas my musical collaborator my next-door neighbor my fellowenvironmentalistand my camping buddy. These miniatures aremusical sketches of three moments and places in our friendship.Like Alaska Gordon was larger than life. He always lived his ownway. And he died just as he would havewanted. We found himlying on the deck of his cabin in the Chugach Mountains curled upagainst his favorite birch tree looking across the waters of Turnagain Arm toward the Resurrection Valley and the tiny settlementof Hope.' - John Luther Adams This music contains no normal stopped tones. All the sounds areproduced as natural harmonics or on open strings. There are noharmonics higher than the sixth. So thesesounds should be clearand resonant. Even so balancing the harmonics with the openstrings requires careful attention. The durations of the individual pieces are given at the end of each.The totalduration of the set is about ten minutes.
