{"id":13408,"date":"2023-12-18T12:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13408"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:58:24","slug":"episode-228-song-cycles-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/18\/episode-228-song-cycles-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 228. Song Cycles for Christmas"},"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 228.  Song Cycles for Christmas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=961-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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class=\"wp-image-13547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anheisser.jpg 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anheisser-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolfgang Anheisser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For my second holiday episode this year, I turn to the music of my \u201cother\u201d country, Germany, the land of my forebears, where I have lived for the last decade. Christmas is celebrated in a different way here than anywhere else in the world in my experience. I have chosen to play music by German composers who in effect created a subgenre, the Christmas song cycle. The most famous of these is no doubt the <em>Weihnachtslieder<\/em> cycle by the 19th century German composer Peter Cornelius, who set a standard that was furthered by a number of 20th century composers as well: Joseph Haas (<em>Krippenlieder<\/em>), Richard Trunk (<em>Weihnachtslieder<\/em>), and Mark Lothar (<em>Kleine Weihnachtsgeschichte<\/em>). In these works certain interesting tropes recur, both theological (primary among them the inner thoughts and premonitions of Mary) and psychological (experiencing the return of a more innocent time by seeing the joy of the season through the eyes of a child). I have chosen recordings by singers both celebrated (Irmgard Seefried, Peter Schreier) and less well-known (Wolfgang Anheisser, Nikolaus Hillebrand), all of whom give performances that I hope will bring us closer to the spirit of the season.<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irmgard Seefried<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Peter Cornelius (words and music): <em>Weihnachtslieder<\/em>, Op. 8. Irmgard Seefried, Erik Werba [1955]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Christbaum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Die Hirten<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Die K\u00f6nige<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. Simeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. Christus der Kinderfreund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VI. Christkind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Peter_Cornelius.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Peter_Cornelius.png 581w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Peter_Cornelius-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Cornelius<\/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=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-1024x942.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-1024x942.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schreier-Shetler.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Schreier and Norman Shetler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph Haas, poets as noted below: <em>Sechs Krippenlieder<\/em>, Op. 49. Nos. 1-5: Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler [1979]; No. 6: Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch [1996]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Weihnachtslegende (Alice Freiin von Gaudy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. O puer optime (Anton M\u00fcller)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Die beweglichste Musika (Angelus Silesius)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. Weihnachtslied (P. Gaudentius Koch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. Marien Kind (Lulu von Strauss und Torney)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VI. Die heiligen drei K\u00f6nige (Adolf Holst)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Joseph-Haas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Joseph-Haas.png 569w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Joseph-Haas-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Haas<\/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=\"736\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Wolfie-Anheisser.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Wolfie-Anheisser.png 736w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Wolfie-Anheisser-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolfgang Anheisser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Trunk, poets as noted below: <em>Weihnachtslieder<\/em>, Op. 61. Wolfgang Anheisser, Julius Severin [1969]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Advent (Adolf Holst)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Weihnachten {Albert Sergel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Maria (Christoph Flaskamp)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. In der Krippe (Siegfried von Vegesack)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. Die heiligen drei K\u00f6nige (anonymous)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VI. Idyll (Gustav Falks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VII. Christbaum (Ada Christen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Richard-Trunk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Richard-Trunk.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Richard-Trunk-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/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=\"607\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hillebrand-Nikolaus.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hillebrand-Nikolaus.png 607w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hillebrand-Nikolaus-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nikolaus Hillebrand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mark Lothar, Inge Karsten: two excerpts from <em>Kleine Weihnachtsgeschichte<\/em>, Op. 51. 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