{"id":19617,"date":"2025-12-15T13:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19617"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T00:22:47","slug":"episode-420-art-song-gal-pals-celebrate-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/episode-420-art-song-gal-pals-celebrate-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 420. Art Song Gal Pals Celebrate Mary"},"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 420. Art Song Gal Pals Celebrate Mary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1788-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=\"926\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19831\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-portrait-926x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-portrait-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-portrait-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-portrait-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-portrait.jpg 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"19830\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-portrait.jpg 509w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-portrait-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I was torn between bringing you an episode with trashy secular holiday songs or taking the high road with the Christmas portion of Paul Hindemith\u2019s <em>Das Marienleben <\/em>cycle, featuring recordings by Jennie Tourel and Erich Itor Kahn (in the songs) preceded by Lotte Lehmann, reading from the original Rainer Maria Rilke poetry cycle. I chose the high road, and I think that I chose wisely. Neither Lehmann\u2019s nor Tourel\u2019s exceptionally beautiful recordings was ever reissued in any format, and these days it is quite rare to even find a copy of either. I was lucky recently to obtain copies of both and I offer the poems and songs from the first half of the cycle here, supplemented by Irmgard Seefried singing two Hindemith motets on the life of Christ, the versatile British soprano Dorothy Dorow singing a carol text set by Arnold Bax. And for those who would have preferred Holiday Trash, I begin the proceedings with the the iconic \u201cNot on Christmas\u201d sequence from John Waters\u2019s 1974 masterpiece, <em>Female Trouble<\/em>. In short: something for everyone in this holiday episode!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raphael.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raphael.jpg 668w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raphael-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/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\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=\"357\" height=\"584\" data-id=\"19832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dorothy-Dorow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dorothy-Dorow.jpg 357w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dorothy-Dorow-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dorothy Dorow (1930 &#8211; 2017)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arnold Bax, Anonymous 15th Century Poet: A Christmas Carol. Dorothy Dorow, Susan Bradshaw [1963]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arnold-Bax.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arnold-Bax.jpg 547w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arnold-Bax-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arnold Bax (1883 &#8211; 1953)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dawn-Faux-Vinyl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dawn-Faux-Vinyl.png 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dawn-Faux-Vinyl-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dawn-Faux-Vinyl-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dawn-Faux-Vinyl-768x762.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks to the delectable @sugar_deluxe for this faux vinyl delight!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Silent Night (as heard in <em>Female Trouble<\/em> [John Waters, 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-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"456\" data-id=\"19838\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Seefried-Werba.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Seefried-Werba.png 461w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Seefried-Werba-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irmgard Seefried and Erik Werba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Hindemith, Luke 2:15-20: Pastores loquebantur. Irmgard Seefried, Erik Werba [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel.jpg 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Hindemith, Rainer Maria Rilke: Excerpts from <em>Das Marienleben<\/em>, Second Version, Op. 48. Jennie Tourel, Eric Itor Kahn [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hindemith-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19840\" style=\"width:604px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hindemith-1.png 546w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hindemith-1-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Hindemith (1895 &#8211; 1963)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rainer Maria Rilke: Excerpts from <em>Das Marienleben<\/em>. Lotte Lehmann [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rilke.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19841\" style=\"width:452px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rilke.png 289w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rilke-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 &#8211; 1926)<\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"19844\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-with-Unlit-Ciggy-Butt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-with-Unlit-Ciggy-Butt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-with-Unlit-Ciggy-Butt-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erich Itor Kahn (1905 &#8211; 1956)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"719\" data-id=\"19847\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-again.jpg 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-again-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jennie Tourel (1900 &#8211; 1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each song is preceded by Lehmann\u2019s reading of the original Rainer Maria Rilke poem.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise.png 798w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Recording-Winterreise-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I. Geburt Mari\u00e4<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jennie-Tourel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jennie-Tourel.jpg 523w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jennie-Tourel-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>II. Die Darstellung Mari\u00e4 im Tempel<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hindemith-half-smile.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19854\" style=\"width:479px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hindemith-half-smile.png 332w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hindemith-half-smile-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>III. Mari\u00e4 Verk\u00fcndigung<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lotte-Lehmann-borderline-elderly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19855\" style=\"width:563px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lotte-Lehmann-borderline-elderly.jpg 280w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lotte-Lehmann-borderline-elderly-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>IV. Mari\u00e4 Heimsuchung<\/p>\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=\"671\" height=\"813\" data-id=\"19858\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-off-the-shoulder-gown.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-off-the-shoulder-gown.png 671w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-off-the-shoulder-gown-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"818\" data-id=\"19857\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Portrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Portrait.png 907w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Portrait-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>V. Argwohn Josephs<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rilke-Intense.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19859\" style=\"width:573px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rilke-Intense.png 253w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rilke-Intense-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>VI. Verk\u00fcndigung \u00fcber den Hirten<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1843\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Byzantine-Mary-and-Jesus-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Byzantine-Mary-and-Jesus-scaled.jpg 1843w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Byzantine-Mary-and-Jesus-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1843px) 100vw, 1843px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>VII. Geburt Christi<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-gesticulating.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19856\" style=\"width:505px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-gesticulating.png 339w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tourel-gesticulating-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>VIII. Rast auf den Flug in \u00c4gypten<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Master-Class-Still.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19861\" style=\"width:575px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Master-Class-Still.png 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehmann-Master-Class-Still-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>IX. Von der Hochzeit zu Kana<\/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=\"329\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Seefried-in-Studio.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19842\" style=\"width:533px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Seefried-in-Studio.png 329w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Seefried-in-Studio-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Hindemith, John 2:1-11: Nuptiae factae sunt. Irmgard Seefried, Erik Werba [1952]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 420. 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