Upcoming Concerts
Join Cantilena for an Evening of Music and Poetry
7 pm on Sat. 11 May 2024:
"I Will Be Earth: The Poetry of Nature"
Come with us as we explore music and poetry about the natural world around us. Spring is a time to reflect on the role of nature in our lives. The program pairs music and poetry by interweaving a selection of readings with choral settings of poems.
Our guest artist, Arlington’s Poet Laureate Jean Flanagan, has chosen the works of several local poets to complement Artistic Director Elinor A. Armsby’s musical selection. The program includes songs by Gwyneth Walker, Roger Bourland, Susan LaBarr, and Randall Thompson; set to poems such as ‘Bird’ by Francisco X. Alarcón; ‘This is the Garden’ by e. e. cummings; ‘Cocoons’ by Emily Dickinson; ‘A Girl's Garden’ by Robert Frost; ‘In Autumn’ by May Swenson; and ‘Dew’ by Sara Teasdale.
Meet Jean Flanagan and other local poets at a reception that follows the concert.
