Two closely related works, born out of a fascination with strikingly  different faces of North American nature. Three High Places by John  Luther Adams is a remembrance of his friend and fellow composer  Gordon Wright, especially of time spent together in the majestic  wilderness of Alaska, on the slopes of the Chugach Mountains or  the rocky shores of Resurrection Bay. Also suffused with longing  for a childhood paradise hidden from the world is ko’u inoa by  the native Hawaiian Leilehua Lanzilotti. But this music is not only  about farewell, but also about wonder and humility in front of  natural beauty, hidden deep within sound and refusing to submit to  the authority of any of the countless musical systems.