March 31, 2023 | 8:00 p.m. 

WGBH: Fraser Performance Studio

1 Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135

Our much-loved Chamber Series continues its exploration of women poets, featuring the poetry of Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, H.D., Alice Fulton, Clarissa Scott Delaney, Gwendolyn B. Bennet, Helen Johnson, Dorothy Parker, Helen Birch Barlett, Winifred Bryher, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Mary Oliver. Sung by members of Cantata Singers, this warm, inviting, and moving evening is sure to delight. 

Gilda Lyons Bone Needles (Nicaraguan net menders)

B.E. Boykin from Moments in Sonder

Tears (Maya Angelou)
A Conceit (Maya Angelou)
When you come to me (Maya Angelou)
Reverses (Maya Angelou) 

Majie Zeller, mezzo-soprano
Jeannette Lee, mezzo-soprano

William Bolcom from I Will Breath a Mountain

The Crazy Woman (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Never more will the Wind (H.D.)
How to swing three obligatos around (Alice Fulton)

Patricia Kopko, soprano
Jeannette Lee, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Webb, mezzo-soprano

Dorothy Rudd Moore from Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds and Death

Joy (Clarissa Scott Delany)
He Came in Silver Armor (Gwendolyn B. Bennet)
Invocation (Helen Johnson)

Patricia Kopko, soprano
Jeannette Lee, mezzo-soprano
Patricia Kopko, soprano

John Musto from Enough Rope

Social Note (Dorothy Parker)
Résumé (Dorothy Parker)
The Sea (Dorothy Parker)

Angelica Grau, soprano

Jodi Goble from Sea Creatures.

Opiate (Helen Birch Barlett)
Gulls (Winifred Bryher)
The Low-Tied (Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Lilly Ahn, soprano
Angelica Grau, soprano
Jennifer Webb, mezzo-soprano

B.E. Boykin from Moments in Sonder

Sounds Like Pearls (Maya Angelou)
Greyday (Maya Angelou)
On Diverse Deviations (Maya Angelou)
The Lesson (Maya Angelou)

Kay Patterson, soprano

David Evan Thomas from To Live In This World

The Swan (Mary Oliver)
Oh, Tiger (Mary Oliver)
In Blackwater Woods (Mary Oliver)

Lilly Ahn, soprano
Kay Patterson, soprano
Lilly Ahn, soprano

This concert is Pay-As-You-Wish! In an effort to make this concert open and accessible to all, we're removing price as a possible barrier. Please choose an amount which best reflects your desire and ability to keep live choral music thriving in Boston. All seating is general admission.