Performed by Abhinay Reddy, current Office of Sustainability intern and music performance major at the Mead Witter School of Music, this program is inspired by the persisting events of climate change, presenting a journey on nature’s crisis. This recital calls out for us as humans to take action to prevent climate change from worsening even more, allowing us to experience the pathos of immense climate events and learn about climate change in an interdisciplinary way.
Hosted by the Office of Sustainability.
Program
Farewell Feathered Friends No.1, piccolo and recorded soundtrack (2020)
Jacob TV (b. 1951)
Utilizes a recorded soundtrack detailing 5 different birds that are either extinct or classified as endangered.
Waterways Beneath the Polar Ice Shelf, flute & piano (2024)
Nicole Mitchell (b. 1967)
Rising Oceans, piccolo and piano (2020)
Herman Beeftink (b. 1967)
These two pieces detail the ideas of ice caps melting, threatening polar species and causing rising sea levels.
Intermission
… And the Water Was Clear Again, flute and guitar (2023)
Peter Machajdik (b. 1967)
Depicts the underlying theme of humans polluting and overusing our waterways, and the hope for a more sustainable future with purer water.
Earth, flute and piano (2021)
Takatsugu Muramatsu (b. 1978)
Showcases the beauty of our natural environment and what our planet could be like, free from climate change.
Amazonia, flute and piano (2020)
Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
Showcases the deforestation, land use, and extractivism of human nature, culminating in a climactic finale of pure destruction.