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The Tall Man on the Aisle
Unorchestrated
English - November 25, 2020 20:30 - 19 minutes - 43.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMusic Interviews Music Music History classicalmusic orchestralmusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In Episode 4 of Unorchestrated, co-hosts Christopher and Tom talk with poet Rita Dove about violinist George Bridgetower’s debut in Paris from her book of poems, Sonata Mulattica.
This is the fourth episode in our 14-part series, Sonata Mulattica with Rita Dove.
The episode closes with a performance of Joseph Boulogne’s Sonata for Flute and Harp, performed by ASO principal players, Barbara O’Brien, flute, and Jody Guinn, harp.
Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, and the only poet honored with both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. An Akron native, she is currently Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
(Photo of Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn)