{"id":11109,"date":"2022-12-07T17:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=11109"},"modified":"2024-03-28T21:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:11:51","slug":"episode-174-song-of-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/episode-174-song-of-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 174. Song of Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 174.  Song of Songs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=709-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moreau-the-Shulamite.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moreau-the-Shulamite-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>La Sulamite<\/em> (1893) by Gustave Moreau (1826 &#8211; 1898)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week is a continuation of my memorial tribute to my dear friend and colleague Susan May Schneider, who died last week after a long struggle with cancer. Susan\u2019s husband Gary, a composer and conductor, wrote a stunning song cycle for Susan using texts from the biblical Song of Songs, and this episode is bookended with their live 2000 performance of two of those songs. I supplement this with further material which all use texts based on the Song of Songs. This includes choral works by composers from Brumel and Palestrina, Walton and Bairstow to Penderecki and Daniel-Lesur; pop songs by India Adams and Kate Bush; orchestral song cycles, cantatas, and oratorios performed by Lois Marshall, Elly Ameling, Jennie Tourel, Leontyne Price, Eleanor Steber, and Suzanne Danco; and works from such surprising compositional sources as Stockhausen and Vangelis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gary-and-Susan-at-the-Taj-Mahal.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gary and Susan at the Taj Mahal in 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary M. Schneider: On my bed at night (<em>Song of Songs<\/em>, No. 1). Susan May Schneider, Gary Schneider [live Montclair, NJ 2000]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palestrina.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palestrina.png 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palestrina-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A studly Palestrina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Osculetur me osculo oris sui (<em>Canticum Canticorum<\/em>). Paul Hillier, Hilliard Ensemble [Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, Michael Chance, David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Neville Boyling, Michael George] [1986]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Martina-Arroyo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Martina-Arroyo.png 761w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Martina-Arroyo-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Karlheinz Stockhausen: <em>Momente<\/em>, Part I (1965 version) [excerpt]. Martina Arroyo, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, K\u00f6lner Rundfunkchor &amp; K\u00f6lner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stockhausen-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stockhausen-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stockhausen-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stockhausen-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stockhausen-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stockhausen.jpg 1529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 &#8211; 2007)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Philip-Langridge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Philip-Langridge.png 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Philip-Langridge-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claudio Monteverdi: Nigra sum (<em>Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610<\/em>). Philip Langridge, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Orchestra [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tourel-Bernstein.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tourel-Bernstein.png 738w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tourel-Bernstein-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lukas Foss: Awake, o north wind (<em>Song of Songs, <\/em>No. 1). Jennie Tourel, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lukas-Foss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lukas-Foss.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lukas-Foss-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lukas Foss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Joseph-Jennings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11270\" style=\"width:562px;height:468px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Joseph-Jennings.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Joseph-Jennings-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Jennings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Antoine Brumel: Sicut lilium inter spinas. Joseph Jennings, Chanticleer [Louis Botto, Joseph Jennings, Stephen Rickards, Randall Wong, Mark Daniel, Neal Rogers, Bruce Sellers, Howard Bither, Tom Hart, Tim Gibler, Paul Guttry Mark Keller] [1991]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Marshall-MacMillan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Marshall-MacMillan.png 740w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Marshall-MacMillan-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lois Marshall and Ernest MacMillan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Herbert Elwell: I am the rose of Sharon (<em>Pastorale<\/em>, No. 2). Lois Marshall, Ernest MacMillan, Toronto Symphony Orchestra [1953]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Herbert-Elwell.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Herbert-Elwell.png 761w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Herbert-Elwell-277x300.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Herbert Elwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/India-Adams.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/India-Adams.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/India-Adams-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">India Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vic Mazzy, Jack Gould: Comfort Me with Apples. India Adams, Ray Martin &amp; His Orchestra [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kate-Bush-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kate-Bush-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kate-Bush-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kate-Bush-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Kate-Bush.png 1518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kate Bush: Song of Solomon [from <em>The Red Shoes<\/em>, 1993]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bairstow1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bairstow1.png 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bairstow1-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edward Bairstow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Bairstow: I sat down under his shadow. Mark Williams, Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge [2014]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two excerpts from <em>Songs of the Rose of Sharon<\/em>, Op. 9, by John LaMontaine:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Steber-earrings-1024x790.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Steber-earrings-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Steber-earrings-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Steber-earrings-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Steber-earrings.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I sat down under his shadow (<em>Songs of the Rose of Sharon<\/em>, Op. 6\/3). Eleanor Steber, Nicholas Harsanyi, Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra [live Trenton 13.I.62]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Radiant-Leontyne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Radiant-Leontyne.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Radiant-Leontyne-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The voice of my beloved (<em>Songs of the Rose of Sharon<\/em>, Op. 6\/6). Leontyne Price, Howard Mitchell, National Symphony [live Washington 31.V.56 (world premiere)]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-LaMontaine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-LaMontaine.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-LaMontaine-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-LaMontaine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John LaMontaine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Penderecki-conducting-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Penderecki-conducting-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Penderecki-conducting-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Penderecki-conducting-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Penderecki-conducting.png 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Krzysztof Penderecki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Krzysztof Penderecki: <em>Canticum Canticorum Salomonis<\/em> [excerpt]. Jerzy Katlewicz, Krak\u00f3w Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Daniel-Lesur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Daniel-Lesur.jpg 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Daniel-Lesur-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Le songe (<em>La cantique des cantiques<\/em>). Eric Ericson, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir [1987]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Elly-and-Whippet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Elly-and-Whippet.png 588w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Elly-and-Whippet-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bertus van Lier: I sleep, but my heart waketh (<em>Het Hooglied<\/em>). Elly Ameling, Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra [live Amsterdam 18.XII.66]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bertus-van-Lier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bertus-van-Lier.jpg 530w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bertus-van-Lier-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bertus van Lier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Danco3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Danco3.png 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Danco3-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Suzanne Danco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Chabrier, Jean Richepin [after the <em>Song of Songs<\/em>]: Comme des javelines (<em>La Sulamite<\/em>). Suzanne Danco, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [live 23.X.45]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Chabrier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Chabrier.jpg 566w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Chabrier-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emmanuel Chabrier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stephen-Roberts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stephen-Roberts.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stephen-Roberts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Stephen-Roberts-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stephen Roberts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edmund Spenser [after the Song of Songs]: Wake Now (<em>Epithalamion<\/em>). Stephen Roberts, David Willcocks, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach Choir [1987]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RVW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RVW.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RVW-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ralph Vaughan Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"998\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Richter-1024x998.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Richter-1024x998.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Richter-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Richter-768x749.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Richter.png 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Pears, Sviatoslav Richter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Francis Quarles [after the <em>Song of Solomon<\/em>]: My beloved is mind and I am his (Canticle I, Op. 40). Peter Pears, Sviatoslav Richter [live Aldeburgh 20.VI.67]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Britten-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Britten-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Britten-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Britten-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pears-Britten.jpg 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, and a puppy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vangelis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vangelis.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vangelis-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vangelis-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vangelis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vangelis: Asma Asmaton [excerpt]. Irene Papas, Vangelis [1986]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Papas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Papas.png 629w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Papas-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irene Papas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/William-Walton-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/William-Walton-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/William-Walton-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/William-Walton-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/William-Walton-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/William-Walton.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>William Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart. Stephen Cleobury, Gautaum Rangarajan, Choir of King\u2019s College Cambridge [1993]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Susan-Schneider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Susan-Schneider.png 875w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Susan-Schneider-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Susan-Schneider-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Susan-Schneider-768x769.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gary M. Schneider: I am my beloved\u2019s and he is mine (<em>Song of Songs<\/em>). Susan May Schneider, Gary Schneider [live Montclair, NJ 2000]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 174. Song of Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week is a continuation of my memorial tribute to 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