Atlanta Botanical Garden
I’ve been in pursuit of music and art grappling with climate change over the past few weeks.
First, I saw the world premiere of Julia Wolfe’s concert unEarth, which is part of the New York Philharmonic’s Earth-themed series.
It was at moments inspiring, doomy at others, and was more theatrical than most works for orchestra – with several choirs and an elaborate projection design to match.
The series also includes John Luther Adams’s more abstract Become Desert, proof that an orchestra going flat out is as good as anything else at evoking planetary change.
On the lighter side, I visited the …
