Poetry and Music: In “(After),” the Aaron Irwin Trio Orchestrates Nine Poems

I’m not a music critic. I read and review a lot of poetry, but most days I don’t consider myself a poetry critic, either. But I love listening to music. Lately, when I go on long walks three to four times a week, I’m listening to Eremo by Jeff Johnson and John Van Deusen.  

In their new album (After), the Aaron Irwin Trio has combined music and poetry to create something decidedly different. Each of the nine compositions orchestrate a poem; three include a recitation of the poem. “Orchestrate” may be the wrong word here; the musicians describe each selection an interaction “between sound and verse.” 

 

And what the listener experiences is a wide array of emotions and responses – joy, chaos, beauty, anxiety, and more. 

To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry. 

Some Tuesday Readings

 

The Destruction of Sennacherib, poem by Lord Byron – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

It Happens to Those Who Live Alone – poem by David Whyte.

 

‘The Body of a Woman and the Heart of a King,’ speech by Elizabeth I as the Spanish Aramada loomed – Douglas Murray at The Free Press.

 

At John Keats’ House – Spitalfields Life.

 

New Every Morning – poem by Tania Runyan at Every Day Poems.