“I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.”  - Michelangelo

“City life is millions of people being lonely together.”  - Henry David Thoreau

In this gritty, but surprisingly poetic program, Lyric Fest explores both the energy and underbelly of life in the city. Join us for song, verse, and a reflection on how we experience life in urban community. With Danielle Talamantes, Clara Osowski, Aaron Crouch, Jesse Blumberg, and Laura Ward, piano. Featuring the world premiere of Lyric Fest's latest commission, "The Soul of the City - Preludes of T.S. Eliot", by Nicholas White. And more songs and poems by: Chris DeBlasio, Elizabeth Bishop, John Musto, Langston Hughes, Gabriel Kahane, David Sisco, Barbara Worton, Daron Hagen, Albert Roussel, René Dommage, James Laughlin, Claude Debussy, François Villon, Roger Quilter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Ives, Matthew Arnold, Georgy Sviridov, Alexander Blok, Ricky Ian Gordon, Frank O’Hara, Elliot Carter, Robert Frost, Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire, William Walton, Charles Morris, Erik Korngold, Hans Kaltneker, Wintter Watts, Sara Teasdale…