{"id":19052,"date":"2025-10-18T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19052"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:59:47","slug":"episode-403-roberta-alexander-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/episode-403-roberta-alexander-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 403. Roberta Alexander In Memoriam"},"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 403. Roberta Alexander In Memoriam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1722-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=\"859\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Music-for-Hope-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Music-for-Hope-2.jpg 859w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Music-for-Hope-2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Music-for-Hope-2-768x630.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/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 is an episode I never dreamed I would have to produce. But alas, the great Roberta Alexander unexpectedly departed this earth this past Tuesday evening, on the three-week anniversary of my beloved mother\u2019s death. Listeners to <em>Countermelody<\/em> know how much I revered Roberta\u2019s artistry, and how much I valued our special friendship. In fact, just last week as David and I escaped for a few days to the Netherlands for my birthday, I had been in touch with Roberta, hoping that we could see each other, but she was still recovering from a serious illness of last summer that, in the end, proved too much for her heart, no matter how big and generous it was. I\u2019m reminded that on the same day I published my first all-Roberta episode, in honor of her birthday in 2023, her dear friend and colleague Kenneth Montgomery died, also unexpectedly. Today\u2019s episode is the fifth (but certainly not the last) time that I will honor Roberta, not only the kindest yet most straight-shooting, but also the least pretentious world-class singer I have ever known. For today\u2019s tribute I have chosen music that, begging your indulgence, is for the most part, valedictory. Yet I also sought to foreground both her extraordinary versatility as well as her profound powers of communication, in music ranging from Handel to Bernstein, Mozart to Berg, Wilder to Jan\u00e1cek, all of it gloriously performed. Many of the recordings, as is my wont, are extremely rare, yet all of them cherishable. There will be a bonus episode this weekend featuring many of the selections that ended up on the cutting room floor today. Roberta may no longer be with us, but on my podcast, she will always be prominently celebrated as the great singer, teacher, mentor, and friend that she was to so many. <em>Requiescat in pace<\/em>, dear one.<\/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\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=\"301\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-white-hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19237\" style=\"width:533px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-white-hands.jpg 301w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-white-hands-127x300.jpg 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra]: La vergine degli angeli (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Gary Miller, New York City Gay Men\u2019s Chorus [live Amsterdam 27.VIII.91]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-Her-Mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19214\" style=\"width:577px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-Her-Mother.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-Her-Mother-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roberta and her mother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Adolf Heyduk: Als die alte Mutter (<em>Zigeunermelodien<\/em>, Op. 55\/4). Roberta Alexander, Tan Crone [live Netherlands 23.IX.1995]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-John-Dawson-690x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-John-Dawson-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-John-Dawson-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-John-Dawson-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-John-Dawson.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roberta and her friend John Dawson<\/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=\"304\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19215\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 304w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives, John Milton: Evening. Roberta Alexander, Tan Crone [1984]<\/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=\"1018\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Mama-Songs-1018x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Mama-Songs-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Mama-Songs-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Mama-Songs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Mama-Songs-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Mama-Songs.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: Give Me Jesus. Roberta Alexander, Brian Masuda [1999]<\/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\/10\/Roberta-Outdoor-Rotterdam-Concert-2-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Outdoor-Rotterdam-Concert-2-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Outdoor-Rotterdam-Concert-2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Outdoor-Rotterdam-Concert-2-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Outdoor-Rotterdam-Concert-2.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore; Is There Anybody Her That Loves My Jesus? Roberta Alexander, Reinild Mees [live AVRO 01.III.2012]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19218\" style=\"width:637px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall-1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AlbumArtSmall-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon: Blackberry Winter. Roberta Alexander, David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-front-of-painting-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-front-of-painting-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-front-of-painting-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-front-of-painting-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-front-of-painting-1107x1536.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-in-front-of-painting.jpg 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Arthur Rimbaud: Villes (<em>Les Illuminations<\/em>, Op. 18\/2). Roberta Alexander, Gaetano Delogu, Omroeporkest [unknown date]<\/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=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-with-Haitink-in-Mahler2-screenshot.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Peter Altenberg: \u00dcber die Grenzen des All (<em>F\u00fcnf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg<\/em>, Op. 4\/3). Roberta Alexander, Michael Tilson Thomas, Boston Symphony Orchestra [live broadcast 03.II.1987]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copland-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copland-Cover.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copland-Cover-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copland-Cover-768x701.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/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=\"869\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Cleopatra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Cleopatra.jpg 869w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Cleopatra-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Cleopatra-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Nicola Francesco Haym: Ma poi morta&#8230; Pianger\u00f2 la sorte mia (<em>Giulio Cesare<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien [live Theater an der Wien 05.85]<\/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=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-radiant-dressing-room-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, disputed librettist: Geme la tortorella (<em>La finta giardiniera<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Semyon Bychkov, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [live Aix-en-Provence 30.VII.1984]<\/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=\"835\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Porgy-Concert-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Porgy-Concert-2.jpg 835w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Porgy-Concert-2-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Porgy-Concert-2-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Bruce Hubbard, Riccardo Chailly, Concertgebouw Orchestra [live telecast, Holland Festival 1990]<\/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=\"481\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Jenufa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19226\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Jenufa.jpg 481w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-Jenufa-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1cek [after Gabriela Preissov\u00e1]: Zdr\u00e1vas kr\u00e1lovno (<em>Jen\u016ffa<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Andrew Davis, London Philharmonic Orchestra [1989]<\/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=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edith-Hemenway-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edith-Hemenway-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edith-Hemenway-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edith-Hemenway-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edith-Hemenway.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith Hemenway (23.XII.1926 \u2013 19.XII.2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Edith Hemenway, Langston Hughes: Island. <em>Four Duets on Poems of Langston Hughes<\/em>, No. 1). Roberta Alexander, Claron McFadden, Vaughan Schlepp [2018]<\/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=\"610\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Castelnuovo-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Castelnuovo-Cover.jpg 610w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Castelnuovo-Cover-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Moses-Ibn-Ezra: Only in God I Trust (<em>The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra<\/em>, Op 207\/12). Roberta Alexander, Dick Hoogeveen [1993]<\/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=\"867\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-Bernstein.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-Bernstein.png 867w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-Bernstein-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alexander-Bernstein-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: Some Other Time (<em>On the Town<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, David Triestram [1996]<\/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=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-Her-Mother-Church.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-Her-Mother-Church.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Roberta-and-Her-Mother-Church-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Randall Thompson, Elinor Wylie: Velvet Shoes. 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Delogu<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gary Miller<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Gershwin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giulio Cesare<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hall Johnson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hendrik Andriessen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Howard Haskin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ira Gershwin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Agee<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Janet Williams<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jen\u016ffa<\/a>","<a 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Langston Hughes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Laquita Mitchell<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leonard Bernstein<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leos Janacek<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Les Illuminations<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Loonis McGlohon<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michael Tilson Thomas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Moses-Ibn-Ezra<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nicola Francesco Haym<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolaus Harnoncourt<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">On the Town<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Peter Altenberg<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" 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