A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.
—Edmond de Goncourt
On Saturday February 3, 2024 at 6:30pm at The Delancey (168 Delancey Street, NYC), Composers Concordance presents Violins & Poems 'War'. A concert where violinists & poets meet to explore the subject of war.
The poets for this event are Robert C. Ford, Erik Thomas Johnson, and Imelda O'Reilly. They will be joined by violinists Lynn Bechtold, Funda Cizmecioglu, Tasos Papastanou, and Mark Zaki.
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked will also participate and premiere a new arrangement (by Randall Woolf) of her composition 'Ethel Died For Your Sins'. Robert C. Ford will read his poem 'The War Within' which was recently published in Maintenant 17, the renowned journal of contemporary dada writing and art, by Three Rooms Press. Other featured compositions include Lynn Bechtold's 'Judy from Brooklyn', about a cold war spy and Gene Pritsker's 'Dronecantation', examining remote weapons of war.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
The poets for this event are Robert C. Ford, Erik Thomas Johnson, and Imelda O'Reilly. They will be joined by violinists Lynn Bechtold, Funda Cizmecioglu, Tasos Papastanou, and Mark Zaki.
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked will also participate and premiere a new arrangement (by Randall Woolf) of her composition 'Ethel Died For Your Sins'. Robert C. Ford will read his poem 'The War Within' which was recently published in Maintenant 17, the renowned journal of contemporary dada writing and art, by Three Rooms Press. Other featured compositions include Lynn Bechtold's 'Judy from Brooklyn', about a cold war spy and Gene Pritsker's 'Dronecantation', examining remote weapons of war.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
