{"id":17798,"date":"2025-06-30T18:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=17798"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:38:59","slug":"episode-372-pears-sings-not-britten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/episode-372-pears-sings-not-britten\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 372. Pears Sings Not-Britten"},"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 372. Pears Sings Not-Britten (Pride 2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1598-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=\"571\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter_Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter_Pears.jpg 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter_Pears-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today may be my final episode for Pride Month 2025, but it is most certainly not my final episode celebrating and affirming Pride and all our glorious forebears who preceded us! Today\u2019s episode is a belated birthday tribute to British tenor Peter Pears (22 June 1910 \u2013 03 April 1986), most celebrated for his long-standing romantic and musical partnership with Benjamin Britten. However, as with my recent episode celebrating the artistry of Pierre Bernac apart from his performances of the music of Francis Poulenc, in today\u2019s episode, there is not a note of Britten\u2019s music to be heard. There is no question that Britten was a formative figure in Pears\u2019 artistic development, but throughout their lives together, he performed a wide range of music, from P\u00e9rotin to Lutos\u0142awski as an independent and enormously artist. In this episode, I offer selections by Webern, Handel, Copland, Couperin, Stravinsky, Dowland, Tippett, Mozart, Holst, Bach, Copland, Berkeley, Schubert, Walton, Sch\u00fctz, Debussy, Handel, Nordheim, Schumann, and David Bedford, among others, to offer a surprising portrait of this fascinating singer. Even if you have not (yet) acquired a taste for this (sometimes) controversial singer, I urge you to give it a listen, for not only does it present Pears in all his varieties, it also highlights his musical partnerships with Joan Sutherland, Sviatoslav Richter, Murray Perahia, Dennis Brain, Viola Tunnard, George Malcolm, Martha M\u00f6dl, Gr\u00e9 Brouwenstijn, Imogen Holst, and Noel Mewton-Wood (as well as a few clips with with his life-partner Britten at the piano).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elderly-Peter-on-Marsh-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elderly-Peter-on-Marsh-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elderly-Peter-on-Marsh-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elderly-Peter-on-Marsh-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elderly-Peter-on-Marsh.png 1614w\" 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joan-Sutherland-1024x706.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joan-Sutherland-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joan-Sutherland-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joan-Sutherland-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joan-Sutherland.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joan Sutherland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, John Gay [after Ovid, John Dryden]: Happy we! (<em>Acis and Galatea<\/em>, HWV 55). Peter Pears, Joan Sutherland, Adrian Boult, Philomusica of London [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=\"800\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-and-Bream.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-and-Bream.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-and-Bream-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-and-Bream-768x646.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Pears and Julian Bream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Dowland: Say, Love, if ever thou didst find (<em>The Third and Last Booke of Songs and Airs<\/em>). Peter Pears, Julian Bream [live 1965]<\/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=\"375\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Walton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18145\" style=\"width:605px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Walton.jpg 375w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Walton-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Walton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Walton, anonymous text: O stay, sweet love (<em>Anon In Love<\/em>). Peter Pears, Julian Bream [BBC recording 12.IX.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=\"529\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matyas-Seiber.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matyas-Seiber.png 529w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matyas-Seiber-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Seiber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Seiber, anonymous poet: Tears (<em>To Poetry<\/em>, No. 3). Peter Pears, Noel Mewton-Wood [BBC 25.IX.1953]<\/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=\"470\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Busch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18147\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Busch.png 470w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/William-Busch-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Busch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Busch, Thomas Campion: Come, o come, my life\u2019s delight. Peter Pears, Viola Tunnard [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Viola-Tunnard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Viola-Tunnard.jpg 604w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Viola-Tunnard-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Viola Tunnard<\/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=\"460\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Britten-Copland-Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18149\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Britten-Copland-Pears.jpg 460w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Britten-Copland-Pears-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben, Aaron, and Peter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aaron Copland, traditional text: The Dodger (<em>Old American Songs<\/em>, Set One, No. 3). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [1950]<\/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=\"250\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lutoslawski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18151\" style=\"width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lutoslawski.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lutoslawski-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Witold Lutos\u0142awski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Witold Lutos\u0142awski, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Chabrun: Troisi\u00e8me Tapisserie (<em>Paroles tiss\u00e9es<\/em>). Peter Pears, Witold Lutos\u0142awski, London Sinfonietta [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=\"667\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Bach.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Bach.png 667w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Bach-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Mich kann kein Zweifel st\u00f6ren (<em>Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe<\/em>, BWV 108). Peter Pears, Karl Richter, Mitglieder des Orchesters der M\u00fcnchener Staatsoper [1960]<\/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=\"407\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shirley-Quirk-Tear.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18154\" style=\"width:599px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shirley-Quirk-Tear.jpg 407w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shirley-Quirk-Tear-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heinrich Sch\u00fctz: Und siehe, Zweene aus ihnen gingen (<em>Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christ<\/em>, SWV 50). Peter Pears, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Ian Partridge, Roger Norrington, Charles Spinks, Elizabethan Consort of Viols [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=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship-1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship-1536x1261.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship-1600x1313.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-on-Ship.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fran\u00e7ois Couperin: O Jesu dulcissime (<em>Audite omnes et expanescite<\/em>). Peter Pears, George Malcolm, Emanuel Hurwitz, Nona Liddell, Terence Weil [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=\"831\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Older.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Older.jpg 831w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Older-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Older-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: Waft her, angels, through the skies (<em>Jephtha<\/em>). Peter Pears, unknown performing forces [1970s]<\/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=\"544\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bernard-van-Dieren.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bernard-van-Dieren.png 544w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bernard-van-Dieren-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bernard Van Dieren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bernard Van Dieren, William Shakespeare: Take, o take those lips away. Peter Pears, Viola Tunnard [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Singing-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Singing-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Singing-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Singing-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Singing.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/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=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Perahia-1024x701.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Perahia-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Perahia-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Perahia-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Perahia.png 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Murray Perahia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, William Shakespeare [translated by August von Schlegel, Ludwig Tieck]: Schlu\u00dflied des Narren, Op. 127\/5. Peter Pears, Murray Perahia [live Aldeburgh 1974]<\/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=\"421\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Richter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18159\" style=\"width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Richter.png 421w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Richter-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Paul Verlaine: Les Ing\u00e9nus (<em>F\u00eates Galantes II<\/em>, FL 114\/1). Peter Pears, Sviatoslav Richter [live Aldeburgh 20.VI.1967]<\/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=\"398\" height=\"588\" data-id=\"18161\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alan-Bush.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alan-Bush.jpg 398w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alan-Bush-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alan Bush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18160\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-MW-778x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-MW-778x1024.png 778w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-MW-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-MW-768x1011.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-MW.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noel Mewton-Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan Bush, William Blake: From Selections from Milton (<em>Voices of the Prophets<\/em>, No. 3). Peter Pears, Noel Mewton-Wood [BBC 25.IX.53]<\/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=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-in-Sun-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-in-Sun-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-in-Sun-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-in-Sun-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-in-Sun.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anton Webern, August Strindberg: Schien mir\u2019s, als ich sah die Sonne (<em>Vier Lieder<\/em>, Op. 12\/2). Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [BBC 18.VI.1957]<\/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=\"608\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Arne-Nordheim.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Arne-Nordheim.png 608w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Arne-Nordheim-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arne Nordheim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arne Nordheim, Ezra Pound: <em>Doria<\/em>. Peter Pears, Per Dreier, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [1979]<\/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=\"648\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/David-Bedford.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/David-Bedford.png 648w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/David-Bedford-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Bedford <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>David Bedford, Arthur C. Clarke: The child playing among the rock pools (<em>Tentacles of the Dark Nebula<\/em>). Peter Pears, David Bedford, London Sinfonietta [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brouwenstijn-1024x690.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brouwenstijn-1024x690.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brouwenstijn-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brouwenstijn-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brouwenstijn.png 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gr\u00e9 Brouwenstijn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Andreas Schachtner: O selige Wonne (<em>Zaide<\/em>). Peter Pears, Gr\u00e9 Brouwenstijn, Owen Brannigan, Harry Blech, London Mozart Players [live London 14.VII.1952]<\/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=\"252\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Martha-Modl.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18168\" style=\"width:595px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Martha-Modl.jpg 252w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Martha-Modl-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martha M\u00f6dl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau: Pavesco subito Jocasta (<em>Oedipus Rex<\/em>). Peter Pears, Martha M\u00f6dl, Igor Stravinsky, K\u00f6lner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, M\u00e4nnerch\u00f6re des NWDR [live K\u00f6ln 08.X.1951]<\/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=\"644\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RLewis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RLewis.png 644w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RLewis-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Walton, Christopher Hassall: Forgive me&#8230; Passing through the city (<em>Troilus and Cressida<\/em>). Peter Pears, Richard Lewis, Malcolm Sargent, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [world premiere 03.XII.1954]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Walton.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18170\" style=\"width:467px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Walton.png 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Walton-150x300.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Walton<\/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-2 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=\"18172\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lennox-Berkeley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lennox-Berkeley.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lennox-Berkeley-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lennox Berkeley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"829\" data-id=\"18173\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steuart-Bedford.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steuart-Bedford.png 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steuart-Bedford-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steuart Bedford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lennox Berkeley, Eric Crozier: Take thou this kiss (<em>Ruth<\/em>). Peter Pears, Alfreda Hodgson, Steuart Bedford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and Singers [BBC 18.VIII.1968]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imo-Pete-Ben-1024x834.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imo-Pete-Ben-1024x834.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imo-Pete-Ben-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imo-Pete-Ben-768x626.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imo-Pete-Ben.png 1326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Imogen Holst, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Holst, libretto after the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata: Like a spectre in the forest (<em>S\u0101vitri<\/em>). Peter Pears, Arda Mandikian, Charles Mackerras, English Opera Group [live Aldeburgh VI.1956]<\/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-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"822\" data-id=\"18187\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dennis-Brain.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dennis-Brain.png 559w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dennis-Brain-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dennis Brain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"511\" data-id=\"18185\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-Mewton-Wood-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-Mewton-Wood-1.jpg 351w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noel-Mewton-Wood-1-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noel Mewton-Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"762\" data-id=\"18186\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-n-Ben-TRIMMED-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-n-Ben-TRIMMED-1.png 444w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-n-Ben-TRIMMED-1-175x300.png 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Pears<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Ludwig Rellstab: Auf dem Strom, D 943. Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Noel Mewton-Wood [BBC 28.I.1953]<\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"743\" data-id=\"18174\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Tippett.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Tippett.png 548w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Tippett-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Tippett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"820\" data-id=\"18175\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMWood.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMWood.png 613w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMWood-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noel Mewton-Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett, Sydney Keyes: Remember your lovers (<em>The Heart\u2019s Assurance<\/em>, No. 5). Peter Pears, Noel Mewton-Wood [1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-and-Painting-of-Ben-653x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-and-Painting-of-Ben-653x1024.png 653w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-and-Painting-of-Ben-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-and-Painting-of-Ben.png 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"834\" data-id=\"18178\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Painting-of-Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Painting-of-Pears.jpg 416w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Painting-of-Pears-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"18179\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hockney-Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hockney-Pears.jpg 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hockney-Pears-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"476\" data-id=\"18181\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-Painting-Outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-Painting-Outdoors.jpg 617w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-Painting-Outdoors-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"479\" data-id=\"18182\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-Painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-Painting.jpg 633w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Britten-Painting-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"811\" data-id=\"18183\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Sculpture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Sculpture.jpg 527w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pears-Sculpture-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" data-id=\"18184\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Statue-of-Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Statue-of-Pears.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Statue-of-Pears-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"888\" data-id=\"18180\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pastel-of-Pears.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pastel-of-Pears.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pastel-of-Pears-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 372. 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