Oerknal! presents a program of music by American iconoclasts Morton Feldman and John Luther Adams at the Soundsofmusic Festival in Groningen! John Luther Adams lived in Alaska for nearly forty years; the untamed nature of its landscapes, taiga, tundra, bare snow and ice formations inspire his uniquely minimalist sound. The Wind in High Places is a three movement piece for string quartet that uses only natural harmonics and open strings - played extremely quietly - to create a still, pastoral ambience. Clarinet and String Quartet by Morton Feldman is one of the composer's most beautiful pieces, a 40-minute array of fragile, repetitive, kaleidoscopic textures and extremely quiet sounds, all seemingly static. Feldman’s music – both in its length and non-linear repetitiveness – creates for the listener an experience outside of time.