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Arthur Symons

Japanese Classical Literature Audiobooks

Resounding Verse

The Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection

Marcus Aurelius

Graham Greene

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Li Po

Lady Murasaki

Torahiko TERADA

Kokin Wakasyu

Kokin Wakashu

Robert Van Gulik

Kenji Miyazawa

Motojiro KAJII

OKAMOTO Kido

Misuzu KANEKO

Miyuki SEGUCHI

Rohan KODA

OwlTail

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 episode features a world-premiere recording by soprano Joanna Songi and pianist Matthew Fletcher, based on an unpublished manuscript found in the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. You can find a YouTube video of their performance here.For an illuminating look at Maconchy's life and work, see the final chapter of Anna Beer's book Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music.Also please check out the Maconchy page on my website Art Song Augmented, which includes another recording by Songi and Fletcher, as well as additional resources and access to scores.In Fountain Courtby Arthur SymonsThe fountain murmuring of sleep,A drowsy tune;The flickering green of leaves that keepThe light of June;Peace, through a slumbering afternoon,The peace of June.A waiting ghost, in the blue sky,The white curved moon;June, hushed and breathless, waits, and IWait too, with June;Come, through the lingering afternoon,Soon, love, come soon.

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 episode features a world-premiere recording by soprano <a href="https://joannasongi.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Songi</a> and pianist <a href="https://matthewfletcherpiano.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Fletcher</a>, based on an unpublished manuscript found in the <a href="https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/content/elizabeth-maconchy-archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maconchy archive</a> at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. You can find a YouTube video of their performance <a href="https://youtu.be/VOMLbbRoAy0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. For an illuminating look at Maconchy's life and work, see the final chapter of Anna Beer's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sounds-Sweet-Airs-Forgotten-Classical/dp/1786070677" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music</a>. Also please check out the Maconchy page on my website <a href="https://www.artsongaugmented.org/dame-elizabeth-maconchy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Song Augmented</a>, which includes another recording by Songi and Fletcher, as well as additional resources and access to scores. In Fountain Court by Arthur Symons The fountain murmuring of sleep, A drowsy tune; The flickering green of leaves that keep The light of June; Peace, through a slumbering afternoon, The peace of June. A waiting ghost, in the blue sky, The white curved moon; June, hushed and breathless, waits, and I Wait too, with June; Come, through the lingering afternoon, Soon, love, come soon.

In Fountain Court: Arthur Symons and Elizabeth Maconchy

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Prologue - The Symbolist Movement in Literature by Arthur Symons