Grammy Award®-winner, Oscar®-nominee, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s
before and after nature is a meditation on the natural world, both before human existence
and after humans are gone. Lang met closely with scholars, faculty, and students in Stanford's
Doerr School of Sustainability and with the Doerr-affiliated Environmental Justice Working Group
to gain insight and inspiration. He combined what he learned with his own readings from the past
50 years of environmental thinking, and wrote his own texts that explore the different ways we
define and understand nature. He set these texts for voices and the groundbreaking musical ensemble
Bang on a Can All-Stars, and enlisted video pioneer Tal Rosner to invent a way to visualize the
meanings of the music in video and projection.
before and after nature received its world premiere performance in February 2025 at Stanford
University with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Grant Gershon, and Master Chorale singers.
ARTISTS
Grant Gershon, conductor
Tal Rosner, video
20 singers, Bang on a Can All-Stars
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