Focus on Flowers

Bach's Matthew Passion and two modern works inspired by it.

Sometimes we can prolong the life of a cut flower like a tulip by cutting the stem shorter and placing the flower in deep water in a tall narrow vase, which provides support and keeps the bloom upright.

Marcus Wicker is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan and holds fellowships from Indiana University’s MFA Program and Cave Canem. Marcus currently serves as Poetry Editor of the Indiana Review. On this extended web edition of The Poets Weave, he reads his poems "Some Revisions," "Love Letter to Flavor Flav," and "Love Letter to RuPaul."

The botanical name is Allium tuberosum, and it produces small globes of starry white flowers in mid-summer and blooms for about a month. The flowers are as attractive to bees as they are to gardeners.

Brian Dickie answers questions about the company's history with early opera and their current production of Cavalli's "Giasone."

Renowned soprano and Indiana University alum Angela Brown is noted for her vocal power, high pianissimos, and larger-than-life personality.

The string quartet has three hundred year’s history. A brass quintet has maybe forty year’s history. If you think about it, we have created an opportunity with Canadian Brass. We’ve made it a legitimate ensemble. We’ve brought it to all the major concert stages. Now, the development can start. Now the music starts filling in.

Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. Christopher Citro reads a selection of poems from The Poetry Out Loud Anthology on this edition of The Poets Weave.

There are about 300 species of Corydalis, both perennial and biennial, belonging to the poppy family. Give these plants full sun to partial shade where summers are not too hot and well-drained soil with regular moisture.

Music for harpsichord and organ by one of the German baroque's most prominent composers before J.S. Bach.