{"id":14678,"date":"2024-08-08T19:40:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14678"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:45:28","slug":"episode-278-george-shirley-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/episode-278-george-shirley-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 278. George Shirley Revisited"},"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-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-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-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 278.  George Shirley Revisited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1207-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-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-39697d9b wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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=\"489\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/70s-cool.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/70s-cool.png 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/70s-cool-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This August I shall be supplementing each new episode published with a first-time general posting of bonus episodes which were originally available only for my Patreon subscribers. Today, in the first of my \u201cnew reissues,\u201d I present \u201cGeorge Shirley Revisited,\u201d a supplement to the tribute I posted three years ago, and which I now offer as a belated 90th birthday salute. In this episode, I offer further examples of the great tenor\u2019s eclectic repertoire and interpretive depth. Guest vocalists include Shirley Verrett and Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m and conductors include Pierre Boulez, Thomas Schippers, Eugene Ormandy, Colin Davis, Antal Dor\u00e1ti and Igor Stravinsky himself. Composers sampled include Jules Massenet, Howard Swanson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Norman Dello Joio, Felix Mendelssohn, Vally Weigl, Joseph Haydn, and James Dashow, whose <em>Second Voyage<\/em>, a setting of John Ashberry scored for tenor voice and recorded electronic sounds, was commissioned for George Shirley by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1976. I also include a number of rare recordings that George Shirley and Wayne Sanders made in 1973 for Music Minus One\u2019s Laureate Series and that, to my knowledge, are among his rarest recordings.<\/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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"791\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-1970s.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-1970s.png 791w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-1970s-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-1970s-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre: Cr\u00e9puscule. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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\" width=\"487\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-and-Elisabeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14885\" style=\"width:616px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-and-Elisabeth.jpg 487w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-and-Elisabeth-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: Nous sommes venus ici il y a longtemps (<em>Pell\u00e9as et<\/em> <em>M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). George Shirley, Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Pierre Boulez, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [1970]<\/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=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verrett-Shirley-recording-Stravinsky-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verrett-Shirley-recording-Stravinsky-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verrett-Shirley-recording-Stravinsky-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verrett-Shirley-recording-Stravinsky-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verrett-Shirley-recording-Stravinsky.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau: Ego senem cecidi (<em>Oedipus Rex<\/em>). George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, Igor Stravinsky, Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington [1963]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-as-Herodes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14899\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-as-Herodes.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-Shirley-as-Herodes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Shirley as Herodes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Strauss, Hedwig Lachmann after Oscar Wilde: Salome, komm, trink Wein mit mir (<em>Salome<\/em>). George Shirley, Margaret Tynes, Lili Chookasian, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Verdi di Trieste [live Spoleto 30 June 1961]<\/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=\"700\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rheingold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rheingold.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rheingold-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Wagner: Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn (<em>Das Rheingold<\/em>). George Shirley, Jesus Lopez-Copos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin [live 16 September 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=\"699\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Studying-Stravinsky-699x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Studying-Stravinsky-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Studying-Stravinsky-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Studying-Stravinsky-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Studying-Stravinsky.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johann Sebastian Bach, Anonymous Poet: Erw\u00e4ge, wie sein blutgef\u00e4rbter R\u00fccken (<em>Johannes-Passion<\/em>). George Shirley, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra [1968]<\/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=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Intense-Vowel-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Intense-Vowel-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Intense-Vowel-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Intense-Vowel-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Intense-Vowel.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel, Charles Jennens: Ev\u2019ry valley shall be exalted (<em>Messiah<\/em>). <em>George<\/em> Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backlit-George-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backlit-George-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backlit-George-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backlit-George-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backlit-George.jpg 1407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felix Mendelssohn, Julius Schubring: Be thou faithful (<em>Paulus<\/em>). George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-back-of-couch-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-back-of-couch-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-back-of-couch-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-back-of-couch-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/George-back-of-couch.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Haydn, Nunziato Porta after Carlo Francesco Badini: Cosa vedo? Cosa sento? (<em>Orlando Paladino<\/em>). George Shirley, Antal Dor\u00e1ti, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne [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=\"577\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Idomeneo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Idomeneo.jpg 577w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Idomeneo-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giambattista Varesco after Antoine Danchet: Tal la stagion di Fiora&#8230; Torna la pace (<em>Idomeneo<\/em>). George Shirley, Colin Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra [1968]<\/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\" width=\"417\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ferrando.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14900\" style=\"width:624px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ferrando.png 417w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ferrando-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Ferrando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alessandro Scarlatti, Unknown Poet: Caro e dolce libert\u00e0. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"974\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-dressing-room.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-dressing-room.png 974w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-dressing-room-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-dressing-room-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Armand Silvestre: Fleur jet\u00e9e, Op. 39\/2. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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\" width=\"387\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jose.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14901\" style=\"width:534px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jose.png 387w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jose-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Don Jos\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Massenet, Jules Claretie, Henri Cain: \u00d4 bien-aim\u00e9e (<em>La<\/em> <em>Navarraise<\/em>). George Shirley, Robert Lawrence, Orchestra of the New York Opera Society [live Carnegie Hall 18 Jan 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=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Moody-George-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Moody-George-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Moody-George-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Moody-George-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Moody-George.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry Purcell, Henry Heveningham: If music be the food of love. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Salt-and-Pepper-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Salt-and-Pepper-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Salt-and-Pepper-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Salt-and-Pepper-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Salt-and-Pepper.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Dashow, John Ashberry: We have them all (from <em>Second Voyage<\/em>). George Shirley; Electronic sounds recorded and mixed by Michael Riesman [1981]<\/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\" width=\"320\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Howard-Swanson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14896\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Howard-Swanson.jpg 320w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Howard-Swanson-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Howard Swanson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howard Swanson, Langston Hughes: Night Song. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"984\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wide-Smile-984x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wide-Smile-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wide-Smile-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wide-Smile-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wide-Smile.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norman Dello Joio, Anonymous Poet: There is a lady sweet and kind. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"619\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Birthday-Boy-Today.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Birthday-Boy-Today.png 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Birthday-Boy-Today-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Spiritual, arr. George Shirley: There is a balm in Gilead. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"1012\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-front-of-bldg-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-front-of-bldg-2.png 1012w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-front-of-bldg-2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/In-front-of-bldg-2-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vally Weigl, Harry Woodbourne: Gardener\u2019s Prayer (<em>Nature<\/em> <em>Moods<\/em>, No. 5). George Shirley, Stanley Drucker, Kenneth Gordon [1974]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 278. 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