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PROGRAM

eighth blackbird features David Schober, Zohn-Muldoon, Albert

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: When American poet Wallace Stevens wrote his "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", little could he have known that some 70 years later the enigmatic and beautiful lines of the poem's eighth stanza would be adopted, in spirit and name, by six brilliant young musicians. Happily, eighth blackbird—an Oberlin-trained sextet of violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano, and manifold percussion—did just that. This week Bill McGlaughlin welcomes eighth blackbird into the Saint Paul Sunday studio for a program of three works composed especially for them. Movements from Thomas Albert's kaleidoscopic setting of the poem "Thirteen Ways" conclude the program with poignant evocations of Stevens's imagery and thought.

Listen to the performance

MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM

  • David Schober: Variations
  • Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon: Paramo
  • Thomas Albert: Thirteen Ways (selected movements)

MIXED COMPANY

Mixed Company is written by Saint Paul Sunday staff, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the classical music they love.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

Artist profile: eighth blackbird

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird