POEMS SET TO MUSIC
Sat. Nov 12, 2011 at 5:00pm EST
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LIVE from the NYPL presents ROLEX ARTS WEEKEND
Protégée in Literature Tracy K. Smith has commissioned composer Gregory Spears to set to music two poems – her own Savior Machine; and The Feast of Flowers, by her mentor, Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Soprano Jolle Greenleaf and another vocalist will perform the poems, accompanied by Spears on piano. Smith and Enzensberger will introduce the performance and discuss their work.
Protégée in Literature Tracy K. Smith has commissioned composer Gregory Spears to set to music two poems – her own Savior Machine; and The Feast of Flowers, by her mentor, Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Soprano Jolle Greenleaf and another vocalist will perform the poems, accompanied by Spears on piano. Smith and Enzensberger will introduce the performance and discuss their work.
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Wachenheim Trustees Room (2nd Floor)
The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
New York, NY 10018
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