crossthoughts · idées de traverse
music and poetry in france and america since 1970
thursday · 20 may 1999 · 7 pm
florence gould hall
22 east 60 street · new york
Sospeso is honored to collaborate with the poets John Ashbery and Michel Deguy in producing a unique event that combines modern poetry and modern music. The performance of Mr. Carter's Syringa, by soprano Lucy Shelton and baritone André Solomon-Glover, is the only performance of this seminal work in New York during the yearlong celebrations of Mr. Carter's ninetieth birthday.  


john ashbery poetry reading
michel deguy poetry reading
lucy shelton soprano
andre solomon-glover baritone
jeffrey milarsky conductor

 




david schiff
preconcert conversation on elliott carter

christopher elson
introduction to michel deguy

michel deguy
poetry reading

joshua cody
la rose des langues
 on poetry by michel deguy (excerpts)

john ashbery
poetry reading

elliott carter
syringa
 on poetry by john ashbery

 


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