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

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

Aaron Jay Kernis: Goblin Market, Part II, Scenes 2 & 3

Martin Butler: The Tummy Beast fr. The Dirty Beasts

Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World (excerpt)

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

Michael Daugherty: Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover

Lee Hyla: Howl