Episode 2: American Modernists
This edition of Voice On Record includes clips of Gertrude Stein and E.E. Cummings reciting poetry and prose. William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech resonates remarkably strongly today, and Robert Frost’s poetry provides a welcome rural counterbalance. Additionally, the programme contains sounds from a New York Carnival circa 1955.
Presenter: Sean Williams
Episode 1: Introduction
This introductory episode of Voice On Record is an appetiser for the series to come. It features poetry, examples of regional dialect, biography, comedy, natural history and children’s records.
Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.
Presenter: Sean Williams
