We are inviting people to contribute their readings to a growing language archive of the poems included in Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND 天使島Oratorio for Voices and String Quartet.
Listen to recordings of these Angel Island poems read in different dialects.
The Seascape
Reading by Nellie Wong (English)Reading by Meixian Li (Cantonese)Reading by Victor Yan (Cantonese)Reading by Edmond Xu (Taishanese / Hoisan-wa)
When We Bade Farewell
Reading by Flo Oy Wong (English)Reading by Meixian Li (Cantonese)Reading by Victor Yan (Cantonese)Reading by Edmond Xu (Taishanese / Hoisan-wa)
Buried Beneath Clay and Earth
Reading by Genny Lim (English)Reading by Meixian Li (Cantonese)Reading by Victor Yan (Cantonese)Read by Edmond Xu (Taishanese / Hoisan-wa)
With special thanks to our Language Archive readers:
