Auden Performs 'Woods' at Met
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‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden | Aeon Videos

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The video features audio restored from a 1956 recording of W H Auden performing his poem Woods’ before a crowd at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City .
Auden ’s elegant appeal for conservation reflects the moment it was written, amid growing concerns about deforestation.
For the production, the MET paired the video with paintings in its collection including a work by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo .
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