Though Whitman?s epic poem was ignited by tragedy ? America?s first presidential assassination in 1865 ? ?When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom?d? refracts a full spectrum of light through the prism of Abraham Lincoln?s death and funeral. Verse by wistful verse, we follow Whitman as he constructs a cathedral-of-words around the spirit of the man who, through the ravages of war, kept a young nation alive at the cost of his own life. Of all Whitman?s work, ?Lilacs? cried out to be sung as a choral symphony.
Recorded by Orving Hellebro in Uppsala University Auditorium on Nov 13, 2005.
Convolute in english included (16p.)