Episode 2 of the Young Performer Summer Series features an exploration of song and Shakespeare over the ages, with soprano Rachael Joyce. From Henry Purcell in the 17th century, to Australia today with a setting by Alison Bauld, Rachael traverses four centuries of Shakespeare through song, and joins us for a chat about how the musical interpretation of his words have changed over time.

Rachael has just finished her Honours year in Classical Voice at Monash University, after completing a Bachelor of Arts (French)/Music in 2019. In 2018, Rachael was recipient of the Hedy Holt & Roger Prochazka Memorial Award for a young female singer showing great potential at the National Liederfest, and in 2019 she was the winner of the Australian Music Prize at Monash University and The Talent on 3MBS. Rachael has a great love of travelling, having spent six months living in Paris participating in a university exchange at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, and completed a two-week intensive music in Prato, Italy.

Programme:
"Come Unto These Yellow Sands", by Henry Purcell
"Full Fathom Five", by Henry Purcell
"O Let Me Weep" from Fairy Queene, by Henry Purcell
"Where the bee sucks", by Thomas Arne
"An Sylvia", by Schubert
"La Mort d'Ophelie", by Saint-Saëns
"Willow, Willow, Willow", by Hubert Parry
"Come Away, Death", by Roger Quilter
"Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun", by Roger Quilter
"A Sea Dirge", by Charles Ives
"Cry, Cock-a-doodle doo", by Alison Bauld

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Performer: Soprano Rachael Joyce
Host: Jess Carrascalão Heard
Technical production: Joe Gofron, Sam Bignell
Podcast producer: Jess Carrascalão Heard

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