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Life in the Time of Warming
(2021, rev. 2024)
SATB choir and fixed audio | 13 minutes
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Created with Matthew Gwathmey as part of the Amadeus Choir of Toronto's 2021 Choral Creation Lab.
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10-part choral oratorio.
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From Matthew:
“'Life in the Time of Warming' is a poem that derives its inspiration from the book The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells. Quite simply, you will not be the same after you read this book about the consequences of global warming. We are just starting to see these consequences; we are living in the time of warming. The names of the three parts share the same names of the first three parts of Wells’s book.

'Cascades' brings up the idea of feedback loops. If x happens, then y happens. If y happens, then z happens. If z happens, that makes x worse, which in turn makes y worse, which in turn makes z worse. Etc., etc.
 
'Elements' focuses on the effects of climate change across different environments.
 
'Kaleidoscope' is the way we view global warming, watching the changing patterns of rotating colors without fully understanding their significance.

Special thanks to Marilyn Dumont for reading parts of the poem."
-Matthew Gwathmey