Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

New Release from Rhapsodize Audio!


A Shakespeare Gallimaufry

A hodgepodge rhapsody of speeches, sonnets, and scenes from the works of the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon performed by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio.
 May 17, 2013
1. A Rhapsody of Words - performed by Denis Daly, Caprisha Page, Jannie Meisberger, and Bob Gonzalez
2. How Sweet the Moonlight - Lorenzo from The Merchant of Venice - performed by Winston Tharp
3. Hamlet's Speech to the Players - performed by Bob Gonzalez
4. Sonnet 130 - performed by Alan Weyman
5. Apemantus from Timon of Athens – performed by Martin Geeson
6. Sonnet 34 – performed by Carol Box
7. Selected Speeches from Julius Caesar - performed by Bob Gonzalez
8. Sonnet 18 – performed by Rhonda Federman
9. Lear Against the Storm – performed by Jason Mills
10. Nine Sonnets – performed by Denis Daly
11. Selections from Henry IV & V - performed by Bob Gonzalez
12. Kings and Cares – A Selection - performed by Alan Weyman
13. Ramblings of Lady Macbeth – performed by Bev Stevens
14. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Monologues – performed by Denis Daly
15. Cymbeline Act 1 scene 6 – performed by Carol Box and David Richardson
16. Prospero’s Elegy from The Tempest – performed by Alan Weyman
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Poem-a-Day for U.S. Poetry Month - April 2013 Complete

There is now a poem for every day of this month, April 2013 available for download either on our Rhapsodize Audio Catalog Page, directly on the Internet Archive, where the actual files are stored, or you may access them directly through the links below:

Poem-a-Day for U.S. Poetry Month – April 2013

Performed by rhapsodes of Rhapsodize

1. Introduction to the Project and Poem: When I Was One and Twenty by A.E. Housman, performed by Bob Gonzalez
2. A Song for a Man by Emerson Hough, performed by Denis Daly
3. Dark Sheila by Agatha Christie, performed by Winston Tharp
4, My Comforter by Anonymous, performed by Jannie Meisberger
5. Wordsworth by Lord Byron, performed by Caprisha Page
6. Love is Enough by William Morris, performed by Carol Box
7. De Gustibus by Robert Browning, performed by Martin Geeson
8. A Contemplation Upon Flowers by Henry King, performed by Bob Gonzalez
9. Room! by Angela Morgan performed by Denis Daly
10. L’Apres-Midi d’un Faune by William Faulkner, performed by Winston Tharp
11. Mother Nature by George McDonald, performed by Jannie Meisberger
12. Abdication of Napoleon by William Makepeace Thackeray, performed by Caprisha Page
13. The Dream by John Donne, performed by Carol Box
14. A Grammarian’s Funeral by Robert Browning, performed by Martin Geeson
15. The Invitation by Percy Bysshe Shelley, performed by Bob Gonzalez
16. Out of the Past by Edwin Preston Dargan, performed by Denis Daly
17. A Study in Gray by Ambrose Bierce, performed by Winston Tharp
18. Opportunity by Walter Malone, performed by Jannie Meisberger
19. An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramatic Poet, W. Shakespeare by John Milton, performed by Caprisha Page
20. Sometime Childish by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, performed by Carol Box
21. Mesmerism by Robert Browning, performed by Martin Geeson
22. Poems to Julia by Robert Herrick, performed by Bob Gonzalez
23. Sonnets 123, 75, & 23 by William Shakespeare, performed by Bob Gonzalez
24. The Jew to Jesus by Florence Kiper Frank, performed by Denis Daly
25. April Is In My Mistress’ Face by Thomas Morley, performed by Winston Tharp
26. The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant, performed by Jannie Meisberger
27. On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three by John Milton, performed by Caprisha Page
28. Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister by Robert Browning, performed by Martin Geeson
29. Gone by Carl Sandburg, performed by Denis Daly
30. Birches by Robert Frost, performed by Winston Tharp

Monday, April 8, 2013

Poem-a-Day for U.S. Poetry Month April 2013 - Eight New Poems -> April 14

Eight new poems have been added to Rhapsodize's Poem-a-Day for U.S. Poetry Month, April 2013.
Click here to listen!

De Gustibus by Robert Browning, performed by Martin Geeson
A Contemplation Upon Flowers by Henry King, performed by Bob Gonzalez
Room! by Angela Morgan performed by Denis Daly
L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune by William Faulkner, performed by Winston Tharp
Mother Nature by George McDonald, performed by Jannie Meisberger
Abdication of Napoleon by William Makepeace Thackeray, performed by Caprisha Page
The Dream by John Donne, performed by Carol Box
A Grammarian's Funeral by Robert Browning, performed by Martin Geeson

Monday, April 1, 2013

Poem-a-Day for U.S. Poetry Month - April 2013 Rhapsodize Project underway

The rhapsodes of Rhapsodize begin their Poem-a-Day for U.S. Poetry Month project with classic poems by these six poets: A.E. Housman, Emerson Hough, Agatha Christie, Anonymous, Lord Byron, and William Morris performed by Bob Gonzalez, Denis Daly, Winston Tharp, Jannie Meisberger, Caprisha Page, and Carol Box.

Introduction to the Project and Poem: When I Was One and Twenty by A.E. Housman, performed by Bob Gonzalez
A Song for a Man by Emerson Hough, performed byDenis Daly
Dark Sheila by Agatha Christie, performed by Winston Tharp
My Comforter by Anonymous, performed by Jannie Meisberger
Wordsworth by Lord Byron, performed by Caprisha Page
Love is Enough by William Morris, performed by Carol Box

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Eclectic Rhapsody I Completed with The Seven Ages of Man

The seven rhapsodes of Rhapsodize finished the year 2012 with a group performance of William Shakespeare's speech, The Seven Ages of Man added to our maiden project, Eclectic Rhapsody I. The bard placed these words in the mouth of the melancholy Jaques in his comedy, As You Like It. Each of our rhapsodes - Caprisha Page, Carol Box, Jannie Meisberger, Winston Tharp, Martin Geeson, Denis Daly and Bob Gonzalez performs a phrase from the introduction and one of the ages of man.

The Seven Ages of Man

Eclectic Rhapsody I  (Internet Archive page) - featuring twelve rhapsodies from our troupe of seven rhapsodes.

Eclectic Rhapsody I (Rhapsodize Audio Catalog page)

Happy New Year to all and be sure to look for new rhapsodies in 2013!!