Episode 2: Pleasure Might Make Her Read - Poems and Music for the Sidneys
Actor Tracy Ryan reads and excerpt from the First Eclogues Sir Philip Sidney's romance The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia in original pronunciation from the time of Sidney and Shakespeare. Lutenist John Edwards plays The Countess of Pembroke's Paradise by Anthony Holborne. The Countess of Pembroke was Mary Sidney Herbert, the sister of Philip.
These podcasts are supported by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),the Spem in Alium Fund of Toronto Foundation, and York University