{"id":14748,"date":"2024-08-14T00:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14748"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:45:13","slug":"episode-280-heather-harper-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/episode-280-heather-harper-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 280. Heather Harper 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-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 280.  Heather Harper Revisited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1213-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\"><\/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-7e5fce0a 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=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Elsa-at-Bayreuth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Elsa-at-Bayreuth.jpg 714w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Elsa-at-Bayreuth-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The beloved Irish soprano Heather Harper died at the age of 88 on 22 April 2019 in London. In music ranging from the Baroque through the modern eras, she displayed an easy mastery as did very few others, as well as a radiant voice and demeanor that made her a favorite collaborator of some of the greatest conductors and composers of the Twentieth Century. Perhaps no other singer matched her accomplishment within such a wide range of styles. This episode was originally published as an addendum to an episode I published in the second season of <em>Countermelody<\/em>. It highlights Heather Harper in two Richard Strauss roles, Ariadne and the Kaiserin; and features two works which she created, Elizabeth Maconchy\u2019s setting of Cecil Day-Lewis\u2019s dramatic monologue <em>Ariadne<\/em>, premiered in 1971, and Michael Berkeley and Ian McEwan\u2019s searing 1983 oratorio <em>Or Shall We Die?<\/em> Harper is also featured in rare recordings of repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Busoni; Offenbach to Dallapiccola. A forgotten 1964 recording of Harper\u2019s transcendent reading of \u201cAus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben\u201d from Bach\u2019s <em>St. Matthew Passion<\/em> rounds off the episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Young-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Young-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Young-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Young-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Young-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Young.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All tracks feature Heather Harper, soprano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hermann von Gilm: Zueignung, Op. 10\/8. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Raymond-Leppard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14957\" style=\"width:611px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Raymond-Leppard.png 416w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Raymond-Leppard-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raymond Leppard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claudio Monteverdi, Bartolomeo Magni: Quel sguardo sdegnosetto (<em>Scherzi musicali<\/em>). Raymond Leppard, Bach Festival Ensemble [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Konya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14958\" style=\"width:575px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Konya.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Konya-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">S\u00e1ndor K\u00f3nya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Offenbach, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after E.T.A. Hoffmann]: C\u2019est une chanson d\u2019amour (<em>Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/em>). S\u00e1ndor K\u00f3nya, Peter Maag, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maconchy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maconchy.jpg 578w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maconchy-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizabeth Maconchy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Maconchy, Cecil Day-Lewis: Ariadne: A Dramatic Monologue. Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra [1972]<\/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=\"676\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Welting-Ariadne.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Welting-Ariadne.png 676w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-Welting-Ariadne-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heather Harper (reclining) and Ruth Welting in <em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em> [Covent Garden 1976]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Es gibt ein Reich (<em>Ariadne auf<\/em> <em>Naxos<\/em>). Edo de Waart, Orchestsra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live 05 December 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Very-Young-Heather.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14961\" style=\"width:607px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Very-Young-Heather.jpg 445w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Very-Young-Heather-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ferruccio Busoni: Er ruft mich (<em>Doktor Faust<\/em>). Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra [live Royal Festival Hall 13 November 1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dallapiccola.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14962\" style=\"width:611px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dallapiccola.jpg 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dallapiccola-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luigi Dallapiccola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Luigi Dallapiccola, Alcaeus (translated Salvatore Quasimodo): <em>Sex Carmina Alcaei<\/em>. Frederik Prausnitz, English Chamber Orchestra [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kaiserin-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kaiserin-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kaiserin-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kaiserin-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kaiserin.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harper as the Kaiserin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Kennst du die Schwelle (<em>Die Frau<\/em> <em>ohne Schatten<\/em>). Ruth Hesse, Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live 05 April 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Helen-Watts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14964\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helen Watts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: O lovely peace (<em>Judas Maccabaeus<\/em>). Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra [1972]<\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"14965\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michael_Berkeley_informal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michael_Berkeley_informal.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Michael_Berkeley_informal-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Berkeley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"864\" data-id=\"14966\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ian-McEwan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ian-McEwan.png 683w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ian-McEwan-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ian McEwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Berkeley, Ian McEwan: All night I searched for my daughter (<em>Or<\/em> <em>Shall We Die?<\/em>). Heather Harper, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [1984]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-1969.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-1969.png 826w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-1969-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harper-1969-768x744.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Er hat uns allen wohlgetan&#8230; Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (<em>Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/em>, BWV 244). 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