Spoken Word

Santo Cazzati from 3CR Spoken Word performs poetry by Paul Verlaine with musical selections by Gabriel Faure. Santo reads Verlaine in both French and English and mixes in the exquisite music of Faure.     Poet Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.Gabriel Urbain Fauré (French: [ɡabʁiɛl yʁbɛ̃ fɔʁe]; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924)[n 1] was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Fauré

Jennifer Harrison reads her tender and exquisitely written poetry.She writes both with simplicity akin to childlike observation/ curiosity of details, then shifts to depth of poetic theory in her reflections upon art, nature and any subject she chooses she explores fully until its essence is distilled into poetry. Jennifer writes with perseverance to uncover the words that most need to be spoken and haven't yet been found in poetry. She is a unique and tender poetry writer. One of Melbourne's favourite poets. A great contributor also to anthology collections of poetry upon themes such as Motherhood and also mental health collection at DAX Centre.Peter Davis interviews Jennifer. She reads her poemtry in studio of 3CR.

The inaugural broadcast of 3CRs Spoken Word Show, on Thursday 21 May 2009, with presenters Rhonda Jankovic, Santo Cazzati, Peter Goodyear and Gerard Watkins.