Fence announces "A Musical Tribute To John Ashbery"
[US] The great American poet will read from his work and Speculum Musicae will perform musical settings of Ashbery's poetry by leading American composers
Friday 8 October 2004, 7:30pm
Tickets (general admission): $20
The Great Hall at Cooper Union, Third Avenue @ 7th Street
Milton Babbitt: No Longer Very Clear
Elliott Carter: Syringa
Lee Hyla: At North Farm
Charles Wuorinen: Stanzas Before Time
John Zorn: Stanza X from Girls on the Run
Vocal soloists:
Kevin Deas, bass
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano
Ryan MacPherson, tenor
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano
John Ashbery is one of the most excellent poets of our time. He is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, as well as Other Traditions: the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures.
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