John Luther Adams: Music in the Anthropocene

Today a growing number of geologists believe we have left the Holocene and entered a new period — the Anthropocene — in which the dominant geologic force is humanity itself. What does this mean for music? What does it mean for a composer, or for any creative artist working in any medium today? Can music be engaged with current events and at the same time detached from them? Can music resonate with world around us, and yet still create a world of its own? Listen to a short passage of music, and hear John Lu