1965

Feast

Composed by Margaret Bonds

Four Songs Song Collection

"Feast" is an art song composed by Margaret Bonds with text derived from a poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The piece is part of Bonds' song cycle entitled Four Songs.

Audio

“Feast” (from “Four Songs”)
Leberta Lorál, soprano; Jeffrey Sykes, piano1:24

Margaret Bonds

Composer

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

University of California, Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall

Location

This recording was part of a 5:30pm concert ("A Salute to Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)") on Saturday, October 15, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

I drank at every vine.
The last was like the first.
I came upon no wine
So wonderful as thirst.
I gnawed at every root.
I ate of every plant.
I came upon no fruit
So wonderful as want.
Feed the grape and bean
To the vintner and monger;
I will lie down lean
With my thirst and my hunger.

Records

2024

Show Me the Way

Jasmine Barnes, Amy Marcy Beach, Margaret Bonds, Libby Larsen, Florence Price

Buy via Cedille Records

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