{"id":19550,"date":"2025-12-07T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19550"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:44:41","slug":"episode-418-christmas-art-songs-with-bar-und-schreier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/episode-418-christmas-art-songs-with-bar-und-schreier\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 418. Christmas Art Songs with B\u00e4r und Schreier"},"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 418. Christmas Art Songs with B\u00e4r und Schreier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1779-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\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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=\"222\" height=\"248\" data-id=\"19739\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bar-Leaning-on-Piano-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19739\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"19740\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-and-BOWTIE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-and-BOWTIE.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-and-BOWTIE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-and-BOWTIE-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode celebrates the artistic accomplishments of two of the finest twentieth century singers to come from the environs of Dresden, Peter Schreier and Olaf B\u00e4r. Both were former child choristers in the Dresdner Kreuzchor (albeit from two different generations). Both went on as adults to rise to the top of the musical firmament, particularly in their performance of German art song.\u00a0 Each of these two singers were celebrated in the music of Bach, and in their performance of what their fellow Germans call <em>Kunstlieder<\/em> and both made memorable and substantial recordings of Christmas art songs, Schreier\u2019s in 1979, accompanied by the late Norman Shetler, and B\u00e4r\u2019s in 1996, with the superb Helmut Deutsch. The focus in this episode is on their performance on these respective recordings of the Christmas songs of Max Reger, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Hugo Wolf. We also hear a recording of Schreier during his days as a boy alto in the Dresdner Kreuzchor) singing a selection from the <em>Weihnachtslieder<\/em> of Peter Cornelius.<\/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<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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"19738\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"19737\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless otherwise indicated, all the Olaf B\u00e4r selections are from his 1996 recording <em>Weihnachten im deutschen Lied<\/em> in which he is partnered by Helmut Deutsch. Except for his recording as a boy alto, all Peter Schreier <em>Lieder <\/em>selections are from his 1979 release <em>Lieder zur Weihnacht<\/em> in which he is partnered by Norman Shetler.<\/p>\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=\"475\" height=\"714\" data-id=\"19746\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Hanging-Out.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Hanging-Out.png 475w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Hanging-Out-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helmut Deutsch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"713\" data-id=\"19745\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Frou-Frou.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Frou-Frou.png 649w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Frou-Frou-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norman Shetler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"518\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Knabenchor.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Knabenchor.png 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Knabenchor-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Peter Cornelius: Die K\u00f6nige (<em>Weihnachtslieder<\/em>, Op. 8\/3). Peter Schreier, Karl-Dietfried Adam [ca. 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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-at-the-Water.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-at-the-Water.png 822w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-at-the-Water-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-at-the-Water-768x672.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Gro\u00dfer Herr und starker K\u00f6nig (<em>Weihnachtsoratorium<\/em>, BWV 248). Olaf B\u00e4r, Uwe Zaiser, Paul Goodwin, SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern [2004]<\/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=\"629\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Ansichtskarte.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Ansichtskarte.png 629w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Ansichtskarte-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Frohe Hirten, eilet, ach eilet! (<em>Weihnachtsoratorium<\/em>, BWV 248). Peter Schreier, Martin Fl\u00e4mig, Dresdner Philharmonie [1974]<\/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=\"455\" height=\"871\" data-id=\"19751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olaf-Baer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olaf-Baer.png 455w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olaf-Baer-157x300.png 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olaf B\u00e4r<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"715\" data-id=\"19750\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Parsons-Ciggy-Butt.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Parsons-Ciggy-Butt.png 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Parsons-Ciggy-Butt-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Geoffrey Parsons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Eduard M\u00f6rike: Auf ein altes Bild (<em>M\u00f6rike-Lieder<\/em>, No. 23). Olaf B\u00e4r, Geoffrey Parsons [1986]<\/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=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-2-1024x717.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-2-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-2-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Shetler-2.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Eduard M\u00f6rike: Auf ein altes Bild (<em>M\u00f6rike-Lieder<\/em>, No. 23). Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anheisser.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anheisser.png 525w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anheisser-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolfgang Anheisser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carl Loewe, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Des fremden Kindes heiliger Christ, Op. 33\/3. Wolfgang Anheisser, Julius Severin [1969]<\/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-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19757\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Raucheisen-1-653x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Raucheisen-1-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Raucheisen-1-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Raucheisen-1.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Raucheisen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"791\" data-id=\"19756\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Devastating-Domgraf-Fassbaender.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Devastating-Domgraf-Fassbaender.png 578w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Devastating-Domgraf-Fassbaender-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edvard Grieg, Holger Drachmann: Weihnachtsschnee, Op. 49\/5. Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Michael Raucheisen [1944]<\/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=\"520\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Volkslieder-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Volkslieder-Cover.png 520w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Volkslieder-Cover-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, anonymous poet: Uns ist geboren ein Kindelein, Op. 137\/3. Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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=\"977\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Doggie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Doggie.png 977w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Doggie-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Doggie-768x565.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norman Shetler and Friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, anonymous poet: Christkindleins Wiegenlied, Op. 137\/10. Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"874\" data-id=\"19762\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Ansichtskarte-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Ansichtskarte-1.png 629w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Ansichtskarte-1-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"716\" data-id=\"19763\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Rothenberger.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Rothenberger.png 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Rothenberger-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anneliese Rothenberger and Norman Shetler as puppeteer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, Martin Boelitz: Mari\u00e4 Wiegenlied, Op. 76\/52. Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler [1979]<\/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-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"714\" data-id=\"19764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Hanging-Out-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Hanging-Out-1.png 475w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Hanging-Out-1-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"699\" data-id=\"19765\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-in-Tux.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-in-Tux.png 422w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-in-Tux-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg: Maria am Rosenstrauch, Op. 142\/3. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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=\"977\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schwanengesang.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schwanengesang.png 977w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schwanengesang-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schwanengesang-768x565.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, Erasmus Alberus: Morgengesang. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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=\"467\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Young-Bear.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19767\" style=\"width:495px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Young-Bear.png 467w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Young-Bear-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young Helmut Deutsch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, Ludwig Hamann: Ehre sei Gott in der H\u00f6he! Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"697\" data-id=\"19769\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Young-Schreier.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Young-Schreier.png 711w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Young-Schreier-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"351\" data-id=\"19768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-record-cover-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-record-cover-TRIMMED.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-record-cover-TRIMMED-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Max Reger, Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg: Der K\u00f6nig aus dem Morgenland, Op. 76\/60. Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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=\"490\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-album-cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-album-cover.png 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-album-cover-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Engelbert Humperdinck, Hedwig Humperdinck: Der Stern von Bethlehem. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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=\"982\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Portrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Portrait.png 982w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Portrait-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Portrait-768x556.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Engelbert Humperdinck, anonymous text: Altdeutsches Weihnachtslied. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Sidewaays-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Sidewaays-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Sidewaays-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Sidewaays-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Sidewaays.png 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Engelbert Humperdinck, text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em> (collected Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim): Christkindleins Wiegenlied. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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=\"574\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Mozart-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Mozart-Cover.png 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Mozart-Cover-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Engelbert Humperdinck, Otto Jakobi: Das Licht der Welt. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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=\"502\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Organ-Pipes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Organ-Pipes.png 502w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Deutsch-Organ-Pipes-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Engelbert Humperdinck, Adelheid Witte: Weihnachten. Olaf B\u00e4r, Helmut Deutsch<\/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-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"19775\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Special-Bowtie-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Special-Bowtie-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Special-Bowtie-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Special-Bowtie-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Special-Bowtie.png 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Juan L\u00f3pez de \u00dabeda (translated Paul Heyse): Ach, des Knaben Augen (<em>Spanisches Liederbuch<\/em>, Volume I:5). Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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=\"603\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Marionette.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Marionette.png 603w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-and-Marionette-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, anonymous text (translated Paul Heyse): F\u00fchr mich, Kind, nach Bethlehem (<em>Spanisches Liederbuch<\/em>, Volume I:5). Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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=\"537\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Tux.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Tux.png 537w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-Tux-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Oca\u00f1a, translated Paul Heyse: Nun wandre, Maria (<em>Spanisches Liederbuch<\/em>, Volume I:3). Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"821\" data-id=\"19781\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schubert-TRIMMED-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schubert-TRIMMED-1.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Baer-Schubert-TRIMMED-1-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"715\" data-id=\"19778\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Parsons-Ciggy-Butt-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Parsons-Ciggy-Butt-1.png 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Parsons-Ciggy-Butt-1-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Eduard M\u00f6rike: Schlafendes Jesuskind (<em>M\u00f6rike-Lieder<\/em>, No. 25). Olaf B\u00e4r, Geoffrey Parsons [1986]<\/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=\"476\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Elderly-Schreier.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Elderly-Schreier.png 476w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Elderly-Schreier-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Epiphanias (<em>Goethe-Lieder<\/em>, No. 19). Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/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=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-Puppet-Stage.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-Puppet-Stage.png 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-Puppet-Stage-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shetler-Puppet-Stage-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Eduard M\u00f6rike: Zum neuen Jahre (<em>M\u00f6rike-Lieder<\/em>, No. 27). Peter Schreier, Norman Shetler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"904\" data-id=\"19741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-zu-Weihnachten-TRIMMED-1024x904.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-zu-Weihnachten-TRIMMED-1024x904.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-zu-Weihnachten-TRIMMED-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-zu-Weihnachten-TRIMMED-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-zu-Weihnachten-TRIMMED-1536x1357.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schreier-zu-Weihnachten-TRIMMED.jpg 1593w\" 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=\"797\" height=\"806\" data-id=\"19742\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olar-Baer-OO-vowel-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olar-Baer-OO-vowel-TRIMMED.png 797w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olar-Baer-OO-vowel-TRIMMED-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Olar-Baer-OO-vowel-TRIMMED-768x777.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 418. 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