Antarctica Gets Spooky

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
In 1949, Ralph Vaughan Williams composed a musical portrait of Antarctica entitled Sinfonia Antarctica. Sixty years later, New York-based artist DJ Spooky went to the rapidly transforming continent to make field recordings. In a live performance, he gives us a preview of his commissioned multimedia piece, Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica.

DJ Spooky performs at the New York City premiere of Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica at BAM in Brooklyn on Wednesday, Dec. 2, Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 4th. More information here.

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