{"id":16980,"date":"2025-04-11T01:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T23:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16980"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:40:16","slug":"episode-349-lenten-melody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/episode-349-lenten-melody\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 349. Lenten Melody"},"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 349. Lenten Melody<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1495-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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AndriessenHendrik-912x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AndriessenHendrik-912x1024.jpeg 912w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AndriessenHendrik-267x300.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AndriessenHendrik-768x863.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AndriessenHendrik.jpeg 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hendrik Andriessen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve already done a Lententide episode devoted to contraltos singing the music of Bach, but it seemed to me that in the upheaval of today\u2019s vengeful and war-hungry world, we could use another contemplative episode to provide us with meditative (and even tuneful!) music to calm our spirits. The tunefulness comes especially from recordings of favorite religious music by Gounod, Franck, and other 19th-century French composers sung by Camille Maurane, Marcel Journet, Richard Verreau, and Fran\u00e7oise Pollet. Also included are a live excerpt from <em>Parsifal <\/em>with Jon Vickers and Hans Knappertsbusch; the miraculous yet voiceless Hugues Cu\u00e9nod performing an excerpt from the first of Couperin\u2019s <em>Le\u00e7ons de T\u00e9n\u00e8bres<\/em>; the unsung German-British soprano Ilse Wolf in a live performance of the Bach <em>Johannes-Passion<\/em> conducted by Pablo Casals; Gundula Janowitz in a searing but brief aria from Mendelssohn\u2019s <em>Paulus<\/em>; excerpts from settings of the <em>Stabat Mater<\/em>s of Haydn and Dvor\u00e1k, sung by Alfreda Hodgson, Sena Jurinac, and Heinz Hoppe; the original version of Hendrik Andriessen\u2019s exquisite <em>Miroir de Peine<\/em> cycle for voice and organ featuring our beloved Elly Ameling; and Jennie Tourel in an excerpt from her ultra-rare recording of Hindemith\u2019s <em>Das Marienleben <\/em>preceded by Lotte Lehmanns\u2019s recitation of the same Rilke poem. The episode begins and ends with realizations by Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett of Baroque masters Henry Purcell and Pelham Humfrey sung, respectively, by Peter Pears and John Shirley-Quirk.<\/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=\"570\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pears-Britten-Elderly.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pears-Britten-Elderly.png 570w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pears-Britten-Elderly-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell, William Fuller (realized Benjamin Britten): In the black dismal dungeon of despair. Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [live Hannover 10.XII.1960]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pears-Pensive.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pears-Pensive.png 416w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pears-Pensive-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/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=\"662\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cuenod_Hugues__1945.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cuenod_Hugues__1945.jpg 662w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cuenod_Hugues__1945-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fran\u00e7ois Couperin, Le Grand: <em>Premi\u00e8re Le\u00e7on de T\u00e9n\u00e8bres pour le Mercredy Saint<\/em> (excerpt). Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae; Heth; Facti sunt hostes; Parvuti; Jerusalem. Hugues Cu\u00e9nod, Daniel Pinkham, Alfred Zighera [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hugues-Cuenod.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hugues-Cuenod.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hugues-Cuenod-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/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=\"752\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ilse-Wolf.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ilse-Wolf.png 752w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ilse-Wolf-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach, Picander: Ich folge dir gleichfalls (<em>Johannes-Passion<\/em>, BWV 245-9). Ilse Wolf, Pablo Casals, Prades Festival Orchestra [live Prades 11.VII.59]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Casals-conducting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Casals-conducting.jpg 654w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Casals-conducting-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pablo Casals<\/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=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elly-Matthew-4-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elly-Matthew-4-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elly-Matthew-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elly-Matthew-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elly-Matthew-4.png 1383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hendrik Andriessen, Henri Gh\u00e9on: <em>Miroir de Peine<\/em> [version for voice and organ]: I. Agonie au jardin; II. Flagellation; III. Couronnement d&#8217;\u00e9pines; IV. Portement de Croix; V. Crucifixion. Elly Ameling, Albert de Klerk [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albert-de-Klerk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17321\" style=\"width:525px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albert-de-Klerk.jpg 359w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albert-de-Klerk-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Albert de Klerk<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gundula-Janowitz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17322\" style=\"width:546px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gundula-Janowitz.jpg 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gundula-Janowitz-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Felix Mendelssohn: Jerusalem! Die du t\u00f6test die Propheten (<em>Paulus<\/em>, Op. 36). Gundula Janowitz, Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig [1986]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Masur-1024x753.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Masur-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Masur-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Masur-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Masur.png 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurt Masur<\/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=\"981\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-981x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-981x1024.jpg 981w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-768x802.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-1471x1536.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-1961x2048.jpg 1961w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vickers-Karajan-Love-Embrace-1600x1671.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jon Vickers with his secret boyfriend Herbert von Karajan in a shocking public display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Nein! Nein! Nicht die Wunde ist es! (<em>Parsifal<\/em>). Jon Vickers, Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra [live Bayreuth 13.VIII.64]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kna.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17325\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kna.jpg 355w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kna-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hans Knappertsbusch<\/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=\"798\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise.png 798w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rainer Maria Rilke: Vor der Passion (<em>Das Marienleben<\/em>). Lotte Lehmann [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rilke-867x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rilke-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rilke-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rilke-768x908.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rilke.jpg 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rainer Maria Rilke<\/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=\"523\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jennie-Tourel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jennie-Tourel.jpg 523w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jennie-Tourel-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Hindemith, Rainer Maria Rilke: Vor der Passion (<em>Das Marienleben<\/em>, Op. 27\/10 [revised version]). Jennie Tourel, Erich Itor Kahn [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Erich-Itor-Kahn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Erich-Itor-Kahn.png 570w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Erich-Itor-Kahn-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erich Itor Kahn<\/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=\"639\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hodgson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hodgson.png 639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hodgson-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph Haydn, Jacopone da Todi: Fac me vere tecum flere (<em>Stabat Mater<\/em>, Hob.XXa:1:9). Alfreda Hodgson, Laszlo Heltay, Argo Chamber Orchestra [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heltay-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heltay-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heltay-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heltay-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heltay.png 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laszlo Heltay<\/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=\"846\" height=\"856\" data-id=\"17333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jurinac-Couch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jurinac-Couch.png 846w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jurinac-Couch-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jurinac-Couch-768x777.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"560\" data-id=\"17332\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heinz-Hoppe-Balkon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heinz-Hoppe-Balkon.png 570w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heinz-Hoppe-Balkon-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anton\u00edn Dvor\u00e1k, Jacopone da Todi: Fac ut portem (<em>Stabat Mater<\/em>, Op. 58). Sena Jurinac, Heinz Hoppe, Rafael Kubelik, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [live M\u00fcnchen 20.III.1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kubelik.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17334\" style=\"width:540px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rafael Kubelik<\/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=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maurane-Smiling-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maurane-Smiling-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maurane-Smiling-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maurane-Smiling.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>C\u00e9sar Franck, Thomas Aquinas: Panis angelicus [<em>Messe \u00e0 trois voix<\/em>, Op. 12].&nbsp; Camille Maurane, Marie-Claire Alain [ca. 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Alain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Alain.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Alain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Alain-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marie-Claire Alain<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Verreau-Autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17337\" style=\"width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Verreau-Autograph.jpg 313w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Verreau-Autograph-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henri B\u00fcsser: Notre p\u00e8re qui \u00eates au cieux. Richard Verreau, Jeanne Martin [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Journet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Journet.png 481w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Journet-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jean Luce, Thomas Aquinas: O Salutaris. Marcel Journet. [Three recordings: 1916, 1925, 1933]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Marcel-Journet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Marcel-Journet.png 550w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Marcel-Journet-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/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=\"657\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pollet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pollet.jpg 657w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pollet-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Repentir, CG 434. Fran\u00e7oise Pollet, Jacques Mercier, Orchestre National de l&#8217;\u00cele de France [1996]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17341\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercier.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mercier-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jacques Mercier<\/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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JSQ-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JSQ-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JSQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JSQ-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JSQ.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pelham Humfrey, John Donne [realized Michael Tippett, Walter Bergmann]: A Hymne to God the Father. John Shirley-Quirk, Martin Isepp, Ambrose Gauntlett [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isepp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isepp.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isepp-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isepp-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Isepp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-Quirk-Isepp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-Quirk-Isepp.jpg 582w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-Quirk-Isepp-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-Quirk-Isepp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 349. 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Hoppe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hendrik Andriessen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri B\u00fcsser<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri Gh\u00e9on: Miroir de Peine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henry Purcell<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugues Cuenod<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ilse Wolf<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jacques Mercier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Luce<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jennie Tourel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johannes-Passion<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Donne<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Shirley-Quirk<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jon Vickers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joseph Haydn<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kurt Masur<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Laszlo Heltay<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lotte Lehmann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Marcel Journet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Marie-Claire Alain<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Martin Isepp<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michael Tippett<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pablo Casals<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Parsifal<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Hindemith<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paulus (Mendelssohn)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pelham Humfrey<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" 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