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Donald Hall - Poetry & Music

Concert Date: 
Sunday - May 10, 2009
Monday - May 11, 2009
Venue: 
Guggenheim Museum

Donald Hall – Poetry & Music NEW COMMISSIONS Sun and Mon, May 10 and 11, 7:30 pm With published works that span over seven decades, Donald Hall is one of the most celebrated poets in America. The 14th U.S. Poet Laureate will read and discuss his work with Sarah Rothenberg. As part of the program we present newly commissioned musical settings of Hall’s poetry from Milton Babbitt, Drew Baker, George Lewis, David Del Tredici, Joshua Schmidt, and Charles Wuorinen.