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Description: In this MetLiveArts digital premiere—a New York Times Critic’s Pick when first presented in 2018—powerful and incisive poems by Langston Hughes are set to music in a recital curated by soprano Julia Bullock. She is joined by John Arida (piano), Nicole Cabell (soprano), Ricky Ian Gordon (piano and composition), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Jessie Montgomery (violin and composition), John Musto (piano and composition), Davóne Tines (bass-baritone), and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. Said the Times: “Presiding with warm serenity over her small onstage family … Ms. Bullock brought together spoken texts, instrumental selections, and songs, delivered by her and others. Her dusky voice, … breathed both humanity and epic grace into the music.” Learn more and read Julia Bullock's notes on the program on our website at metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/fy22_a-dream-deferred-langston-hughes-in-song?&eid=A001_%7B7FBE0978-848A-4B60-BEBC-26393BEF4BF5%7D_20211231201421 Julia Bullock's residency was made possible by the Chester Dale Fund and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. A Dream Deferred was made possible by The Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on the island known as Mannahatta—now called Manhattan—in Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape people. Subscribe for new content from The Met: youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art