Orchestra of St. Luke's: Rita Dove
$30
- Rieko Aizawa, piano
- Jesse Mills, violin
- Rita Dove, narration
Pulitzer Prize-winning, US Poet Laureate Rita Dove (1993–95) narrates an evening of Beethoven through her "masterful collection" of poems Sonata Mulattica, a lyrical, layered work which "[details] the volatile relationship between the Black violinist George Bridgetower and Beethoven." (Los Angeles Times)
About Jesse Mills, violin
About Rita Dove, narration
Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952. A 1970 Presidential Scholar, she attended Miami University of Ohio, Universität Tübingen in Germany, and the University of Iowa, where she earned her creative writing MFA in 1977. In 1987, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her third collection of poetry, Thomas and Beulah, and from 1993 to 1995, she served as U.S. Poet Laureate at the Library of Congress. Dove is a recipient of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.