John Donne: Poet in the City - St Paul's Cathedral

The works of John Donne, one of England's foremost poets and priests, were brought to life in words and music at St Paul's Cathedral on April 26 2012. St Paul's in association with Poet in the City and Winning Words, presented the special event in the cathedral where Donne was Dean from 1621-31.

Speakers:
Peter McCullough - lay canon of St Paul's and Professor of English at Lincoln College, Oxford

Jo Shapcott - award-winning poet and President of the Poetry Society

Mark Oakley - Canon Treasurer of St Paul's

Mary Morrissey -- Lecturer in English, Reading University

In addition, Andrew Carwood, world-famous tenor and Director of Music at St Paul's will sing Benjamin Britten's unforgettable settings of Donne's sonnets.

[ArthurLWood]

Looking forward to watching this. Donne is one of my favourite poets.

[shabirmagami]

brilliant ….loved it …enjoyed thoroughly …thank you 💌

[DancingTillIDie]

Nice production - nice photography. You are doing a wonderful thing by keeping alive the cultural history of England.

[lagossakiha]

As a mere but long-time reader of his poetry, a thousand cheers and thanks to St Paul's Cathedral for holding this special event commemorating the work and thought of the early 17th century Dean John Donne (an important poet as well). ...His poetry (all of it) has been with me for years and years now since my postgraduate time despite my painful difficulty in appreciating it as it probably should be. ...I'd have flown to London to see this great event with my own eyes & ears if only I were young & strong enough (even now that "I have lived long enough: my way of life is fallen to the sear, the yellow leaf...")...✋✋

[lagossakiha]

During the program I was greatly pleased to be able to listen to a friendly and yet refined reading of Donne's sonnet "Death Be Not Proud", which incidentally is one of his poems I translated into Japanese more or less satisfactorily to myself (not published, alas!). ♫（＊I've saved on my PC this YouTube presentation by London's Cathedral on 12 May 2012. ...I should have known it much much earlier !)

[Petey_Ouspensky]

I was turned on to Donne by Van Morrison. " Poetic champions, compose! ".

[Beowulf]

Well Donne, do forgive the pun!:) Im just a fool waxing fun, for my mind is rather UnDonne:)