Whitman in Music and Words
Where: Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Ave.
212-685-0008 Price: $35; $25 for members
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Matthew Aucoin, Ben Lerner, and John Moore
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.
The exhibition Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy will be open at 6:30pm for concert attendees.