"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers | Christopher Tin & Emily Dickinson

Live from the Second Annual Marcia McCowin Concert
January 22, 2023
Program booklet:
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Susan Jane Matthews, director and bird photography
Sidney Chen, video producer
Soprano: Emily Shafer, Lily Hartley
Alto: Abigail Akers, Susan Thampi
Tenor: Anmol Gupta, Sam Faustine
Bass: Jefferson Packer, Eric Newell, Sidney Chen
“Hope” is the thing with feathers
Words by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886); Music by Christopher Tin (b. 1976)
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
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The Birds
1. American Avocet, Coyote Point, San Mateo
2. Brown Pelican, Albany Bulb
3. Great Blue Heron, Berkeley Aquatic Park
4. Caspian Tern, Albany Mudflats
5. Great Blue Heron, Stow Lake, San Francisco
6. Anna’s Hummingbird, Ina Coolbrith Park, San Francisco
7. Hermit Thrush, Lily Pond, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
8. Northern Flicker, Lake Merced, San Francisco
9. American Robin, Kensington
10. Red-winged Blackbird, Bishop’s Ranch, Healdsburg
11. Yellow-rumped Warbler, North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
12. Pygmy Nuthatch, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame
13. White-fronted Goose, Albany Mudflats
14. Black Phoebe, Albany Bulb
15. Northern Pintail, Albany Mudflats
16. Townsend’s Warbler, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame
17. American Robin, Lily Pond, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
18. Cedar Waxwing, Crescent Park, Berkeley
19. House Finch, Albany Bulb
20. Common Merganser, Russian River, Jenner
21. Wood Duck, South Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
22. Brown Pelican, Crissy Field Marsh, San Francisco
23. Great Blue Heron, Crissy Field, San Francisco
24. Caspian Tern, Russian River, Jenner
25. Caspian Tern, Russian River, Jenner
26. Black-necked Stilt, Coyote Point, San Mateo
27. Caspian Tern, Berkeley Aquatic Park
28. Green Heron, Berkeley Aquatic Park
29. Mute Swan, Bishop’s Palace, Wells, England
30. Wood Duck, South Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
31. Carmel Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea
32. Sunrise Point Fishing Pier, San Francisco
33. Crows, Lily Pond, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
34. Crissy Field Marsh, San Francisco