COTTON - Lyric Fest at The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Dates: 2/25/2023
📍 Theatre: The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Lyric Fest
312 Carpenter Lane Philadelphia, PA 19119
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tickets: $25 + fees
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COTTONNew Multi-Media Work Inspired By The Cotton Photography Of Philadelphia Artist John DowellFor its 20th Anniversary LF has commissioned an extraordinary new song cycle by Damien Geter that brings together music, poetry, and the fine art photography of John Dowell. Featuring Metropolitan Opera stars Denyce Graves and Justin Austin, and with Laura Ward, piano.Acclaimed Philadelphia artist John Dowell felt called by his grandmother in a dream to travel to the cotton fields in South Carolina where his ancestors had likely been enslaved. Thus began an exploration and journey into the world of cotton, where over the past 10 years, Dowell has produced an ever-evolving body of amazing and evocative work. LFs COTTON, is inspired by this photography. Dowells work explores, in penetrating super-imposed images, both African American ancestral survival strategies and the wealth of this nation, seen through the lens of the cotton industry. In this spellbinding, multi-media event Dowells photography will surround the audience on enormous screens of constantly changing images.LF has commissioned eight nationally renowned voices of the 21st century, each of whom has responded to Dowells photography with a new poem which is set to music by composer Damien Geter:Charlotte Blake Alston, Nikki Giovanni, Afaa Michael Weaver, Trapeta Mayson, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Lauren Alleyne, Alora Young, and Glenis Redmond. The poets will all be presented in video reading their own poem in the context of the performance.Free Parking will be provided across the street from the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, in the lot on 38th Street, between Market and Ludlow.*COTTON will be presented at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater by Washington Performing Arts on February 28, 2023, following the Philadelphia premiere. Single tickets for the Kennedy Center performance will be available to the public after Labor Day here: https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/seasontickets/2022-23-season/cotton/The Philadelphia Episcopal CathedralFebruary 25, 2023 @ 7:30 pmKennedy Center Terrace Theater, D.C.February 28, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
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