In conjunction with the exhibition Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy, composer and conductor Matthew Aucoin curates an evening of spoken word and music featuring Walt Whitman’s letters and poems with musical excerpts from Aucoin’s 2015 opera Crossing and works by John Adams and Leonard Bernstein.
Featuring Matthew Aucoin, piano, John Moore, baritone, and Ben Lerner, poet/writer.
Aucoin is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow.
Show Finder
Whitman in Music and Words
First Preview: Jun 12, 2019
Opening Date: Jun 20, 2019
Closing Date: Jun 21, 2019
Running Time: 01:25
Playing @
Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY 10016
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY, JUNE 20th @ 7:30 PM
Written By
- Walt Whitman
Music
- Matthew Aucoin
- John Adams & Leonard Bernstein
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