In this month's episode, we exlore the debut album by our very own podcaster and baritone, Chris Vale. He recently recorded his brand new album entitled "Come Away" with pianist, Eugene Joubert. The album features art songs based on poetry by William Shakespeare. The famous "Let us Garlands bring" by Gerald Finzi is complimented by new works by South African composer, Franco Prinsloo. The debut recording of Prinsloo's cycles "Come to Dust" and "Love's Answer" feature famous poems by Shakespeare like "Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day)", "Fear no more the heat o' the sun", "Sonnet 27 (Weary with toil)" as well as two texts from the Passionate Pilgrim. 

Work of the month: Excerpts from "Let us garlands bring" by Gerald Finzi and excerpts from "Come to Dust" and "Love's Answer" by Franco Prinsloo.
Poetry by William Shakespeare

Performers: Chris Vale, baritone. Eugene Joubert, pianist. 

Podcast produced by:
Franco Prinsloo
Chris Vale
Marelize Hattingh