{"id":16766,"date":"2025-03-10T05:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T04:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16766"},"modified":"2025-03-14T18:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:16:52","slug":"episode-340-roberta-alexander-dutch-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/episode-340-roberta-alexander-dutch-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 340. Roberta Alexander: Dutch Treat"},"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\">Episode 340. Roberta Alexander: Dutch Treat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1463-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=\"572\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberta-Vitellia-1991.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberta-Vitellia-1991.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberta-Vitellia-1991-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing brings me greater joy than when a deep exploration into the artistry of a favorite singer yields even more delights than I could have possibly imagined. And when I have a personal friendship with that singer, my cup truly runneth over. A week ago the music world once again celebrated the birthday of the treasurable soprano Roberta Alexander. Today, in a belated birthday tribute, I offer recordings of Roberta singing the music of composers of The Netherlands, where she has made her adoptive home since the mid-1970s. As befits Roberta Alexander\u2019s eclecticism, the range of musical styles is wide, ranging from the baroque oratorio <em>Joseph<\/em>, by Willem de Fesch, to the romanticism of early 20th-century composers Hendrik Andriessen, Alphons Diepenbrock, and Julius R\u00f6ntgen, to the more astringent (yet still lush and colorful) idiom of Robert Heppener and Willem Frederik Bon. Prepare yourself to be swept away by these magnificent works in brilliant performances recorded between 1979 and 2000 in which Roberta Alexander is joined by fellow singers Claron McFadden and Nico van der Meel, and accompanied by Bernard Haitink, Rudolf Jansen, David Porcelijn, Ed Spanjaard, and Jed Wentz. If you are thinking of passing this episode by because of the obscure repertoire, I encourage you to take a chance, not only because these recordings present Alexander in all her glory, but because you will get to hear fascinating music by composers you might not have heard before, ranging from a dramatic Baroque seduction scene between Joseph and Potiphar\u2019s wife by Willem de Fesch, to an erotically-charged setting of Verlaine by Willem Frederik Bon, to exquisite settings of meditative texts for the Lenten season by Hendrik Andriessen.<\/p>\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\/2025\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-1536x1063.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Antonia-Alexander.png 1549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"610\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Castelnuovo-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Castelnuovo-Cover.jpg 610w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Castelnuovo-Cover-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Julius R\u00f6ntgen: Symphony No. 8 in c# minor [excerpt]. Roberta Alexander, Jac van Steen, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra [1996]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rontgen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rontgen.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rontgen-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julius R\u00f6ntgen (09.V.1855 \u2013 13.IX.1932)<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Barber-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Barber-Cover.jpg 998w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Barber-Cover-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Barber-Cover-768x659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hendrik Andriessen, Thomas \u00e0 Kempis: Fiat Domine. Roberta Alexander, David Porcelijn, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra [1998]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hendrik-Andriessen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hendrik-Andriessen.png 802w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hendrik-Andriessen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hendrik-Andriessen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hendrik-Andriessen-768x771.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hendrik Andriessen (17.IX.1892 \u2013 12.IV.1981)<\/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-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=\"1024\" height=\"782\" data-id=\"17039\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Claron-McFadden-1024x782.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Claron-McFadden-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Claron-McFadden-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Claron-McFadden-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Claron-McFadden.png 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Claron McFadden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"17038\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Van-der-Meel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Van-der-Meel.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Van-der-Meel-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nico van der Meel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Willem de Fesch, unknown librettist: Scene with Joseph and Potiphar\u2019s Wife (<em>Joseph<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Claron McFadden, Nico van der Meel, Jed Wentz, Musica ad Rhenum [2000]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-de-Fesch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-de-Fesch.jpg 554w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-de-Fesch-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-de-Fesch-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willem de Fesch (26.VIII.1687 \u2013 03.I.1761)<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Diepenbrock.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Diepenbrock.png 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Diepenbrock-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alphons Diepenbrock (02.IX.1862 \u2013 05.IV.1921)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alphons Diepenbrock: Five Songs. Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen [1994]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rudolf-Jansen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17045\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rudolf-Jansen.jpg 272w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rudolf-Jansen-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rudolf Jansen (19.I.1940 \u2013 12.II.2024)<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Copland-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Copland-Cover.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Copland-Cover-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Copland-Cover-768x701.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clemens Brentano: Lied der Spinnerin [Es sang vor langen Jahren]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Verlaine: Mandoline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jules Laforgue: La Chanson de l\u2019Hypertrophique<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anonymous poet: Come raggio di sol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lodewijk van Deyssel: Ik ben in eenzaamheid niet meer alleen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"830\" data-id=\"17048\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-Heppener-09.VIII_.1925-\u2013-25.VIII_.2009.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-Heppener-09.VIII_.1925-\u2013-25.VIII_.2009.png 751w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-Heppener-09.VIII_.1925-\u2013-25.VIII_.2009-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Heppener (09.VIII.1925 \u2013 25.VIII.2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"814\" data-id=\"17047\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ezra-Pound-30.X.1885-\u2013-01.XII_.1972.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ezra-Pound-30.X.1885-\u2013-01.XII_.1972.png 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ezra-Pound-30.X.1885-\u2013-01.XII_.1972-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ezra Pound (30.X.1885 \u2013 01.XII.1972)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Heppener, Ezra Pound: <em>Four Songs on Poems by Ezra Pound<\/em>. Roberta Alexander, Ed Spanjaard [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. N.Y.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Pan is dead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" data-id=\"17049\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ed-Spanjaard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ed-Spanjaard.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ed-Spanjaard-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ed-Spanjaard-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ed Spanjaard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"953\" data-id=\"17050\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mozart-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mozart-cover.jpg 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mozart-cover-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"954\" data-id=\"17051\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-Frederik-Bon-1024x954.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-Frederik-Bon-1024x954.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-Frederik-Bon-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-Frederik-Bon-768x716.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Willem-Frederik-Bon.png 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willem Frederik Bon (15.VI.1940 &#8211; 14.IV.1983)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17052\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Paul-Verlaine-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Paul-Verlaine-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Paul-Verlaine-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Paul-Verlaine-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Paul-Verlaine.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Verlaine (30.III.1844 &#8211; 08.I.1896)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Willem Frederik Bon, Paul Verlaine: Le printemps (from <em>Saisons de Verlaine<\/em>). 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