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