{"id":12426,"date":"2023-07-03T09:46:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T07:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2023-07-04T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T12:17:18","slug":"episode-204-roberta-alexander-sings-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/episode-204-roberta-alexander-sings-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America"},"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 advgb-dyn-a45ca814\">Episode 204.  Roberta Alexander Sings America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=858-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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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-e4b72421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-full-length.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-full-length.jpg 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-full-length-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/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>Posting a few days early in celebration of the Fourth of July and in further recognition of the beloved American soprano Roberta Alexander, whose birthday we celebrated on <em>Countermelody<\/em> last March. Ms. Alexander has made a number of exquisite recordings over the years, many of them for the small Dutch label Etcetera. Many of these releases feature songs by the greatest American composers: Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Samuel Barber, as well as two releases featuring light classical and Broadway songs. The recordings range in date from 1976 (a live performance of Ives at the Holland Festival, in honor of the American Bicentennial) through 2009 (a live performance of Roberta as Maria in <em>Porgy and Bess <\/em>conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt). We also hear material by Berlin, Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Alec Wilder, Bock and Harnick, John Jacob Niles, and Tom Lehrer, accompanied by pianists Reinbert de Leeuw, Roger Vignoles, Alfred Heller, Brian Masuda, Tan Crone, and David Triestram and conductors Kees Bakels and Edo de Waart. Throughout, Roberta Alexander\u2019s approach to this material is perfectly on target, revealing both pathos and a crackling sense of (often sardonic) humor, all grounded in a love of the music of her native country and wrapped in a red, white, and blue bow.<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Fro-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Fro-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Fro-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Fro-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Fro.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All tracks with Roberta Alexander, soprano.<\/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=\"1009\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Songs-My-Mother-Taught-Me-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Songs-My-Mother-Taught-Me-Cover.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Songs-My-Mother-Taught-Me-Cover-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Songs-My-Mother-Taught-Me-Cover-768x722.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh: My Lord, What a Mornin\u2019. Brian Masuda [1999]<\/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=\"725\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ives-1-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ives-1-Cover.png 725w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ives-1-Cover-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ives-1-Cover-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives: The Things Our Fathers Loved. Tan Crone [1984]<\/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=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Fanny-Cambiale-di-Matrimonio-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Fanny-Cambiale-di-Matrimonio-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Fanny-Cambiale-di-Matrimonio-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Fanny-Cambiale-di-Matrimonio.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin: I Got Rhythm (<em>Girl Crazy<\/em>). Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson, Eric Stern, Metropole Orkest [live Amsterdam 1998]<\/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=\"540\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Bess.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Bess.jpg 540w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Bess-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roberta as Bess, Metropolitan Opera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, Ira Gershwin: I hates yo\u2019 struttin\u2019 style (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe [live Graz VII.09]<\/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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Records.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Records.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Records-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Records-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Records-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Traditional Parici text: Teir\u00fa (<em>Three Indigenous Songs<\/em>, No. 2). Alfred Heller [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=\"578\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-de-Leeuw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-de-Leeuw.jpg 578w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-de-Leeuw-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives: Tom Sails Away. Reinbert de Leeuw [Holland Festival 11.VI.76]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Alexander-Hands.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12668\" width=\"611\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Alexander-Hands.png 611w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Alexander-Hands-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Alexander-Hands-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives: They Are There! Reinbert de Leeuw [Holland Festival 11.VI.76]<\/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=\"563\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Dutch-magazine-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Dutch-magazine-cover.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Dutch-magazine-cover-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives, Traditional text collected by John Avery Lomax: Charlie Rutlage. Tan Crone [1984]<\/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=\"674\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mozart-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mozart-cover.jpg 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mozart-cover-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives, George Meredith: Night of Frost in May. Tan Crone [1989]<\/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=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Charles Ives: At the River. Tan Crone [1989]<\/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=\"1005\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Copland-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Copland-Cover.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Copland-Cover-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Copland-Cover-768x701.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Aaron Copland: At the River (<em>Old American Songs<\/em>, Second Set, No. 4). Roger Vignoles [1990]<\/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=\"610\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Castelnuovo-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Castelnuovo-Cover.jpg 610w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Castelnuovo-Cover-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aaron Copland, Emily Dickinson: The World Feels Dusty (<em>Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson<\/em>, No. 4). Roger Vignoles [1990]<\/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=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-1536x1063.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander.png 1549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Samuel Barber, James Joyce: Solitary Hotel (<em>Despite and Still<\/em>, Op. 41\/4). Tan Crone [1988]<\/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=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-as-Marcellina.png 1454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Irving Berlin: Old-Fashioned Wedding (<em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>). Thomas Hampson, Eric Stern, Metropol Orkest [live Amsterdam 1998]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Triestram.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Triestram.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Triestram-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alexander-Triestram-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tom Lehrer: Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"492\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-glamorous-in-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-glamorous-in-white.jpg 492w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-glamorous-in-white-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick: Dear Friend (<em>She Loves Me<\/em>). David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"638\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-glam-with-earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-glam-with-earrings.jpg 638w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-glam-with-earrings-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Kander, Fred Ebb: I Don\u2019t Remember You (<em>The Happy Time<\/em>). David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"581\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Puccini-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Puccini-cover.jpg 581w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Puccini-cover-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Jacob Niles: Go \u2018way from My Window. Brian Masuda [1999]<\/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=\"798\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Previn3-798x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Previn3-798x1024.png 798w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Previn3-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Previn3-768x985.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-Previn3.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder: Did You Ever Cross over to Sneden\u2019s? David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"800\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim, arr. Larry Moore: I Remember (<em>Evening Primrose<\/em>). Gary Miller, New York City Gay Men\u2019s Chorus, Dean X. Johnson [live Amsterdam 27.VIII.91]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-smiling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12685\" width=\"494\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-smiling.jpg 362w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-smiling-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: Good Thing Going (<em>Merrily We Roll Along<\/em>). David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"994\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Lenny.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Lenny.jpg 994w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Lenny-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-and-Lenny-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim: Candide\u2019s Lament (<em>Candide<\/em>). Tan Crone [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=\"685\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-young-with-pearls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-young-with-pearls.jpg 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Roberta-young-with-pearls-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives, John Greenleaf Whittier: Serenity. Kees Bakels, Radio Symfonieorkest [live Amsterdam ca. 1984]<\/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=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-5-1024x729.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-5-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-5-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-5-768x546.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Antonia-Alexander-5.png 1487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Florence Price: My Soul\u2019s Been Anchored in the Lord. Brian Masuda [1999]<\/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=\"998\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Barber-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Barber-Cover.jpg 998w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Barber-Cover-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Barber-Cover-768x659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Samuel Barber, James Agee: Sure on this Shining Night, Op. 13\/3. Edo de Waart, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest [Netherlands Radio Philharmonic] [1993]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Posting a few days early in celebration of the 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