Futurism Restated 112: Rebekka Karijord on the Sound of Climate Grief

With a new album on Simon Raymonde’s Bella Union label, the Norwegian composer discusses climate change, voice synthesizers, and working with Roomful of Teeth

Rebekka Karijord (photo: Dina Litovsky)

Of the musical experiences I feel most fortunate to have experienced in person, Janet Cardiff’s Forty Part Motet is near the top of the list. It’s a sound-art installation whose magic lies, in part, in its simplicity: Cardiff recorded Thomas Tallis’ 16th-century choral piece Spem in alium nunquam habui (In no other…