{"id":12345,"date":"2023-06-15T17:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=12345"},"modified":"2023-06-16T23:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:26:31","slug":"episode-201-britten-pears-pride-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/episode-201-britten-pears-pride-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 201. Britten &#038; Pears (Pride 2023)"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><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 advgb-dyn-70469106\">Episode 201.  Britten &amp; Pears (Pride 2023)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=842-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 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alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shopping-in-Aldeburgh-1024x659.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shopping-in-Aldeburgh-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shopping-in-Aldeburgh-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shopping-in-Aldeburgh.png 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s episode explores the lives and loves of two of the most significant figures in twentieth century music: Benjamin Britten, the dean of British composers and the tenor Peter Pears, his partner, lover, inspiration and muse for nearly forty years. When as a lost young gay boy I first encountered their music-making I intuited that these two men were lovers, that they represented a way forward for me out of a lonely and forlorn childhood. Whether in the many songs and cycles that Britten fashioned for him or the operatic roles, beginning with the title role of <em>Peter Grimes<\/em>, that were tailor-made for him, Pears remains the ideal interpreter of his partner\u2019s music, possessed as he was of a distinctive (some would say peculiar) voice, supple, reedy yet surprisingly powerful, along with pinpoint musical precision, plangent expressivity and dramatic aptitude. The episode features excerpts from many of Britten\u2019s most explicitly gay compositions, surprising for a man living in Britain while sex between men was still illegal, including the operas <em>Peter Grimes<\/em>, <em>Curlew River<\/em>, <em>Billy Budd<\/em>, and <em>Death in Venice<\/em> and his settings of poetry by Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Auden, and Francis Quarles. We also hear Pears and Britten in live and recorded performance of songs and arias by other composers, including composers Britten revered (Schumann, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Frank Bridge), and those of whose music he was much less fond (including Vaughan Williams and Brahms). The episode contains more biographical information than your typical <em>Countermelody<\/em> episode, and does not shy away from some of the thorniest questions that one must confront when discussing these two controversial figures. But in the end it is first and foremost a celebration of the music Britten and Pears made together and the love they shared for 40 years. The episode begins with a heartfelt (and heartbroken) tribute to the great Glenda Jackson, who died this week at the age of 87.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-Mother-Courage-1024x649.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-Mother-Courage-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-Mother-Courage-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-Mother-Courage-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-Mother-Courage.png 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Glenda Jackson as Mother Courage at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-3c7bf8da\"><\/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 advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Marat-Sade.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Marat-Sade.png 548w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Marat-Sade-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Peaslee, Adrian Mitchell: Corday Waltz (Marat\/Sade). Glenda Jackson [1967]<\/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=\"624\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Stevie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Stevie.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Stevie-300x223.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stevie Smith: Come Death. Glenda Jackson [1977]<\/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=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenda-Jackson.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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=\"840\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Young-Pears-Britten-keyboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Young-Pears-Britten-keyboard.png 840w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Young-Pears-Britten-keyboard-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Young-Pears-Britten-keyboard-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Young-Pears-Britten-keyboard-768x764.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Michelangelo Buonarotti: Veggio co\u2019 bei vostri occhi (<em>Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo<\/em>, Op. 22\/3). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [1942]<\/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=\"760\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Grimes-Pears-Thompson-WP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Grimes-Pears-Thompson-WP.png 760w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Grimes-Pears-Thompson-WP-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Montagu Slater [after George Crabbe]: Steady&#8230; There you are&#8230; Nearly home (<em>Peter Grimes<\/em>). Peter Pears, Reginald Goodall, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, BBC Theatre Chorus [1948]<\/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=\"905\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-War-Requiem-rehearsal.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-War-Requiem-rehearsal.png 905w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-War-Requiem-rehearsal-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-War-Requiem-rehearsal-768x782.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Wilfred Owen: Move him into the sun \/ Lacrymosa (<em>War Requiem<\/em>, Op. 66). Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Benjamin Britten, Meredith Davies, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, Coventry Festival Choir [30.V..62]<\/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=\"936\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Heather-Harper.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Heather-Harper.png 936w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Heather-Harper-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Heather-Harper-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Heather-Harper-768x766.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/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=\"986\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-foreground-Britten-background.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-foreground-Britten-background.png 986w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-foreground-Britten-background-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-foreground-Britten-background-768x722.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Peter Warlock, Traditional text: Corpus Christi Carol. Peter Pears, Leslie Woodgate, BBC Chorus [1936]<\/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=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Colin-McPhee-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Colin-McPhee-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Colin-McPhee-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Colin-McPhee-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Colin-McPhee.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Balinese, arr. Colin McPhee: Lagu delem. Benjamin Britten, Colin McPhee [1941]<\/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=\"460\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Britten-Copland-Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Britten-Copland-Pears.jpg 460w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Britten-Copland-Pears-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Daniel Decatur Emmett, arr. Aaron Copland: The Boatmen\u2019s Dance (<em>Old American Songs<\/em>, Set 1, No. 1). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [1950]<\/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=\"620\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ben-and-Auden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ben-and-Auden.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ben-and-Auden-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, W.H. Auden: Nocturne (<em>On this Island<\/em>, Op. 11\/4). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live Aldeburgh 18.VI.69]<\/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=\"995\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume-995x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume-995x1024.jpg 995w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume-768x791.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume-1492x1536.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume-1600x1647.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-in-costume.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky [after Alexander Pushkin]: Lensky\u2019s Aria (<em>Yevgeny Onegin<\/em>). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live Aldeburgh 1963]<\/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=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Flowers-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh\u2019 (<em>Dichterliebe<\/em>, Op. 48\/4). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [BBC 09.III.61]<\/p>\n\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=\"1024\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Japan-1956-1024x838.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Japan-1956-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Japan-1956-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Japan-1956-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Japan-1956.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Anton Friedrich Reil: Das Lied im Gr\u00fcnen, D.917. Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live BBC 03.I.64]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-score-study-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12531\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-score-study-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-score-study-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-score-study-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-score-study.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Paul Verlaine: Puisque l\u2019aube grandit (<em>La bonne chanson<\/em>, Op. 61\/2). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live Aldeburgh 15.VI.58]<\/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=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-studio-portrait-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-studio-portrait-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-studio-portrait-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-studio-portrait-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-studio-portrait.jpg 879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ralph Vaughan Williams, A.E. Housman: Is my team ploughing? (<em>On Wenlock Edge<\/em>). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Zorian String Quartet [Olive Zorian, Marjorie Lavers, Christopher Wellington, Norina Semino [1948]<\/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=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-piano-score-694x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-piano-score-694x1024.png 694w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-piano-score-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-piano-score.png 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Georg Friedrich Daumer: Nicht wandle, mein Licht (<em>Liebeslieder-Walzer<\/em>, Op. 52\/16). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Claudio Arrau [live Aldeburgh 14.VI.68]<\/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=\"774\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Concert-Garb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Concert-Garb.jpg 774w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Concert-Garb-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-Concert-Garb-768x1015.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Thomas Hardy: At the Railway Station, Upway [The Convict and the Boy with the Violin] (<em>Winter Words<\/em>, Op. 52\/7). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live Leningrad 17.III.63]<\/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=\"632\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PP-BB-Score-Couch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PP-BB-Score-Couch.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PP-BB-Score-Couch-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Dibdin, arr. Benjamin Britten: Tom Bowling. Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live BBC telecast 21.VI.64]<\/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=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Sings-Britten-Conducts-1024x738.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Sings-Britten-Conducts-1024x738.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Sings-Britten-Conducts-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Sings-Britten-Conducts-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Sings-Britten-Conducts.png 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, William Shakespeare Sonnett XLIII [When most I wink, they do my eyes best see] (<em>Nocturne<\/em>, Op. 60). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra [live Croydon 20.XII.64]<\/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=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Vere-3-1024x802.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Vere-3-1024x802.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Vere-3-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Vere-3-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Vere-3.png 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, E.M. Forster, Eric Crozier [after Herman Melville]: For I could have saved him (<em>Billy Budd<\/em>). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [world premiere London 01.XII.51]<\/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=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Brannigan-MSD.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Brannigan-MSD.png 761w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Brannigan-MSD-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, William Shakespeare [adapted Peter Pears and Britten]: Asleep, my love? What, dead, my dove? (<em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>). Peter Pears, Forbes Robinson, George Maran, Owen Brannigan, Benjamin Britten, The English Opera Group Orchestra [world premiere Aldeburgh 11.VI.60]<\/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=\"856\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Madwoman.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Madwoman.png 856w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Madwoman-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Madwoman-768x833.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, William Plomer [after <em>Sumidagawa<\/em> by Kanze J\u016br\u014d]: Clear as a sky without a cloud&#8230; Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt (<em>Curlew River<\/em>). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Instrumental Ensemble [Richard Adeney, Osian Ellis, Neill Sanders, Philip Ledger, Stuart Knussen, Cecil Aronowitz] [1966]<\/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=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Death-in-Venezia-1024x822.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Death-in-Venezia-1024x822.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Death-in-Venezia-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Death-in-Venezia-768x617.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Death-in-Venezia.png 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Myfanwy Piper [after Thomas Mann]: The boy, Tadzi\u00f9, shall inspire me (<em>Death in Venice<\/em>). Peter Pears, Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra [live Aldeburgh 22.VI.73]<\/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=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BB-PP-two-old-men-outdoors-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BB-PP-two-old-men-outdoors-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BB-PP-two-old-men-outdoors-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BB-PP-two-old-men-outdoors-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BB-PP-two-old-men-outdoors.png 1447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Holst, Humbert Wolfe: Journey\u2019s End (<em>Twelve Songs by Humbert Wolfe<\/em>, Op. 48\/9). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [1965]<\/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=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-with-cane-727x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-with-cane-727x1024.png 727w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-with-cane-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pears-Britten-with-cane.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frank Bridge, William Butler Yeats: When you are old. 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Britten &amp; Pears (Pride 2023) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today\u2019s episode explores the lives and loves of 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