He wraps nature in notes, composes symphonic landscapes, writes the music of the climate problem. American composer John Luther Adams clearly draws his inspiration from nature. From landscapes, snow plains, tundra, deserts and the ocean. 'Ostensibly silence reigns, but if you listen carefully, you hear sound constantly,' Adams himself says of it. Tonight Ralph van Raat, the specialist in newly written piano works, plays the Dutch premiere of Adam's Piano Concerto Prophecies of Stone.

Climate and nature are close to the heart of Residentie Orkest . We are therefore co-commissioning Adam's piano concerto. His philosophical scores on the theme of eco and sustainability won him the Pulitzer Prize for music and a Grammy Award in 2014. From Adam's grand musical landscape paintings, it is a small step to Rachmaninov's epic work. Dutch conductor Lawrence Renes takes you through the endless stream of romantic landscapes of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.