Art of the Spoken Word

It takes fine craftsmanship to achieve a perfect partnership
between   text and music in which neither element
overshadows the other.  This   week, we’ll listen
to a fascinating array of spoken word and music by
  composers striving to achieve this symmetry.


Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters


Scott Johnson: How it Happens (The Voice of I.F. Stone)
(excerpt)
Kronos Quartet


Aaron Jay Kernis: Goblin Market, Part II, Scenes 2 &
3
The New Professionals/Rebecca Miller; Mary King, narrator


Martin Butler: The Tummy Beast fr. The Dirty
Beasts
Soundwood Ensemble/David Campbell; Richard Stilgoe, narrator


Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World
(excerpt)
Oregon Symphony/DePriest


David Lang: On Being Hit on the Head and On Hearing the
Voice of God fr. Are You Experienced?
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne/Vaillancourt


Michael Daugherty: Sing Sing: J. Edgar
Hoover
Kronos Quartet


Lee Hyla: Howl
Kronos Quartet, Alan Ginsburg, voice