Dark Sheila

by Agatha Christie. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

Wordsworth

by Lord Byron. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

High Flight

by John Gillespie McGee, performed by rhapsode Denis Daly.

Are the Children at Home?

by Margaret Sangster. Performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger.

Asleep

by Wilfred Owen. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

The Seven Ages of Man

by William Shakespeare. A monologue of the melancholy Jacques from As You Like It. Performed by seven rhapsodes of Rhapsodize: Winston Tharp, Jannie Meisberger, Martin Geeson, Denis Daly, Caprisha Page, Carol Box, and Bob Gonzalez.

Tribute to the Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece

This is the initial posting of the official podcast of Rhapsodize Audio, an initiative dedicated to reviving the role of the rhapsode in modern society. As rhapsodes of ancient Greece performed the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, so rhapsodes of today perform the classic poetry of their language and culture. To initiate this podcast, which uses this Blogger weblog to feed audio to iTunes and other feed readers, we begin with a tribute to the rhapsodes of ancient Greece, featuring a passage from Plato's Ion, where Socrates speaks with a famous rhapsode of his day, and performances from Hesiod's Theogony and Homer's Hymn to Aphrodite.