Resounding Verse
Join music theorist Stephen Rodgers as he explores how composers transform words into songs. Each episode discusses one poem and one musical setting of it. The music is diverse—covering a variety of styles and time periods, and focusing on composers from underrepresented groups—and the tone is accessible and personal. If you love poetry and song, no matter your background and expertise, this show is for you. Episodes are 20-40 minutes long and air every couple of months.
Podcasting since 2021 • 20 episodes
Resounding Verse
Latest Episodes
Alleluia: Nathaniel Bellows and Sarah Kirkland Snider
The Mass for the Endangered, by Nathaniel Bellows and
September 06, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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39:57
You're the One: Rhiannon Giddens
The title track from Rhiannon Giddens's recent album You're the One—which was just released by Nonesuch Records—is a love song, but not...
September 01, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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30:43
Songe (Dream): Maurice Bouchor and Mel Bonis
Have you ever felt as though a single moment—gazing into someone's eyes, listening to a passage of music, looking at a landscape—transports you to another realm? Maurice Bouchor's poem is about just this kind of experience, an experience that t...
August 01, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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33:39
In Fountain Court: Arthur Symons and Elizabeth Maconchy
Arthur Symons's poem captures a lazy June afternoon, with a fountain burbling and the moon hanging in the sky, waiting for the coming of night. Elizabeth Maconchy transforms the poem into a song of mesmerizing stillness and beauty.The e...
July 01, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:52
Resevwa Li (Receive Them): A Haitian Hymn Reimagined by Nathalie Joachim
The Haitian-American composer Nathalie Joachim transforms a Haitian hymn, and in so doing creates a multi-layered tapestry of sound that evokes the many voices of Haiti—past, present, and future.
February 01, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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33:39