{"id":17863,"date":"2025-07-07T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=17863"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:36:50","slug":"episode-374-maureen-lehane-sings-bach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/episode-374-maureen-lehane-sings-bach\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 374. Maureen Lehane Sings Bach"},"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 374. Maureen Lehane Sings Bach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1605-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=\"627\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Plaintive-627x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Plaintive-627x1024.png 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Plaintive-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Plaintive.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s episode offers music of consolation, sung divinely. On a Sunday morning back in December, freshly arrived back in New York from a challenging trip to my home state of Wisconsin, I sat down to a cup of coffee and began playing a setlist that I had created in the aftermath of my \u201cGreat Contraltos Sing Bach\u201d episode a few weeks before. This setlist was comprised of arias from Bach cantatas sung by the British contralto Maureen Lehane (18 September 1932 \u2013 27 December 2010) which I had discovered on YouTube as part of a huge cache of Bach cantata recordings from German radio, many of which featured Lehane as the alto soloist. I was thrilled to find such a treasure trove, since during the preparation of that episode, Lehane had stood out for her impeccable diction and fluid vocal technique, which served her equally well in recitative, cantilena, and coloratura. As I listened to that setlist and contemplated the texts, I realized that these recordings needed to be shared. I have chosen fourteen of the very finest of those recordings and am presenting them today to all who are seeking to make some kind of sense of the world in its current chaos. May the voice of Maureen Lehane singing the music of Bach provide you with a momentary oasis of order and beauty. A biographical sketch of Lehane rounds out the episode.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig.jpg 1070w\" 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=\"673\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Daguerrotype.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Daguerrotype.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Daguerrotype-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All selections were composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and are sung by Maureen Lehane.<\/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=\"826\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-and-Doily.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-and-Doily.png 826w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-and-Doily-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-and-Doily-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-and-Doily-768x762.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ein ungef\u00e4rbt Gem\u00fcte (<em>Ein ungef\u00e4rbt Gem\u00fcte<\/em>, BWV 24). Gerhard Wilhelm, Collegium musicum des WDR [undated recording]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ach, schl\u00e4frige Seele (<em>Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit<\/em>, BWV 115). Wilhelm Ehmann, Westf\u00e4lische Kantorei Herford [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-on-Couch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-on-Couch.png 884w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-on-Couch-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-on-Couch-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Es kommt der Tag, an dem wir ziehen (<em>Wachet betet, betet wachet<\/em>, BWV 70). Hermann Schroeder, Kammerorchester der Musikhochschule K\u00f6ln [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hochgelobter Gottessohn (<em>Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden<\/em>, BWV 6). Hermann Schroeder, Collegium musicum des WDR [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tancredi-with-Masterson-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tancredi-with-Masterson-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tancredi-with-Masterson-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tancredi-with-Masterson.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Tancredi with Valerie Masterson (1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ich bitt noch mehr, o Herre Gott (<em>Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ<\/em>, BWV 177). Helmut Kahlh\u00f6fer, Collegium musicum des WDR [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Josiebee.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Josiebee.png 525w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Josiebee-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ich wundre mich, denn alles was man sieht&#8230; Gott hat alles wohlgemacht (<em>Geist und Seele wird verwirret<\/em>, BWV 35). Gisbert Schneider, Kurt Thomas, Collegium musicum des WDR [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Barry-McDaniel-before-chorus-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Barry-McDaniel-before-chorus-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Barry-McDaniel-before-chorus-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Barry-McDaniel-before-chorus-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Barry-McDaniel-before-chorus.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barry McDaniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In deine H\u00e4nde befehle ich meinen Geist&#8230; Heute noch wirst du mit mir (<em>Actus tragicus<\/em> [<em>Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit<\/em>], BWV 106). Maureen Lehane, Barry McDaniel, Rudolf Pohl, Collegium Aureum [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Parsons-802x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Parsons-802x1024.png 802w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Parsons-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Parsons-768x980.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lehane-Parsons.png 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lehane with pianist Geoffrey Parsons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leget euch dem Heiland unter (<em>Himmelsk\u00f6nig sei willkommen<\/em>, BWV 182). G\u00fcnther H\u00f6ller, Helmut Kahlh\u00f6fer, Collegium musicum des WDR [1966]<\/p>\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=\"766\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18257\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hellmut-K-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hellmut-K-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hellmut-K-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hellmut-K-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hellmut-K.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18260\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-K-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-K-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-K-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-K-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-K-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-K.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18259\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-Kahl-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-Kahl-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-Kahl-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-Kahl-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-Kahl-1027x1536.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helmuth-Kahl.jpg 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" data-id=\"18258\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting-1600x1137.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-conducting.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18261\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer-1188x1536.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kahlhoefer.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Helmuth Kahlh\u00f6fer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Man nehme sich in Acht (<em>Wo gehest du hin?<\/em>, BWV 166). Helmut Hacke, Helmuth Kahlh\u00f6fer, Collegium musicum des WDR [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Art-Melodiya-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Art-Melodiya-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Art-Melodiya-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Art-Melodiya-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Art-Melodiya-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Art-Melodiya.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So wie der Hirsch nach frischem Wasser schreit&#8230; Mund und Herze steht dir offen (<em>Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Names<\/em>, BWV 148). Kurt Thomas, Collegium musicum des WDR [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kurt-Thomas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kurt-Thomas.png 517w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kurt-Thomas-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurt Thomas<\/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=\"223\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wilhelm-Ehmann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18264\" style=\"width:467px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wilhelm-Ehmann.jpg 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wilhelm-Ehmann-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wilhelm Ehmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tilg, o Gott die Lehren (<em>Ach, Gott vom Himmel darein<\/em>, BWV 2). Wilhelm Ehmann, Westf\u00e4lische Kantorei [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Maureen-pumpkinhead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Maureen-pumpkinhead.jpg 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Maureen-pumpkinhead-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Weh der Seele, die den Schaden nicht mehr kennt (<em>Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben<\/em>, BWV 102). Eigel Kruttge, Cappella Coloniensis [ca. 1966]<\/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=\"580\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sassy-Bach.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sassy-Bach.png 580w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sassy-Bach-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wir m\u00fcssen durch viel Tr\u00fcbsal&#8230; Kreuz und Krone sind verbunden (<em>Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen<\/em>, BWV 12). Helmut Hucke, Helmuth Kahlh\u00f6fer, Collegium musicum des WDR [1966]<\/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=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishart-and-Lehane.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lehane with her husband Peter Wishart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wo zwei und drei versammlet sind (<em>Am Abend aber des selbigen Sabbats<\/em>, BWV 42). Helmut Kahlh\u00f6fer, Collegium musicum des WDR [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-sculpture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-sculpture.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-sculpture-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-sculpture-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 374. Maureen Lehane Sings Bach SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today\u2019s episode offers music of consolation, sung divinely. 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