{"id":19650,"date":"2025-12-27T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19650"},"modified":"2025-12-27T21:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:55:15","slug":"episode-424-the-happy-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/episode-424-the-happy-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 424. The Happy Prince"},"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 424. The Happy Prince<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1803-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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"610\" data-id=\"19934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wilde-Queeny-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wilde-Queeny-TRIMMED.png 598w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wilde-Queeny-TRIMMED-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"542\" data-id=\"19935\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Williamson-Ciggy-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Williamson-Ciggy-TRIMMED.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Williamson-Ciggy-TRIMMED-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A holiday gift for my beloved listeners. In the past year I have done <em>Countermelody <\/em>episodes featuring both soprano April Cantelo and mezzo-soprano Maureen Lehane. Cantelo in particular sang roles in numerous operas by the Australian composer Malcolm Williamson, On a sojourn to New York in 2024, I was lucky to pick up a rare copy of Williamson\u2019s 1965 children\u2019s opera <em>The Happy Prince<\/em>, based on the Oscar Wilde fairy tale, a recording which features both Cantelo and Lehane. As I am not normally enamored of children\u2019s operas of any kind, I did not have high hopes for this short opera, so imagine my surprise and delight when I encountered a work of real vision, poignancy, and humor. It\u2019s my delight to present the recording to you, prefaced by the classic 1959 recording of Basil Rathbone reading the Wilde original and by Williamson\u2019s Robert Louis Stevenson song cycle <em>From a Child\u2019s Garden<\/em>, as sung by Cantelo.<\/p>\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=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"19916\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folder-Copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"602\" data-id=\"19914\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"19915\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"906\" data-id=\"19910\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cantelo-calico.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cantelo-calico.png 615w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cantelo-calico-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"528\" data-id=\"19909\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Malcolm-Williamson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Malcolm-Williamson.jpg 404w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Malcolm-Williamson-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcolm Williamson, Robert Louis Stevenson: <em>From a Child\u2019s Garden<\/em>. April Cantelo, Malcolm Williamson [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Time to rise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Marching Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Where go the boats?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. Looking Forward<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. Whole Duty of Children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VI. The Flowers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VII. Rain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VIII. My bed is a boat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IX. From a Railway Carriage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>X. The Lamplighter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XI. A Good Boy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XII. Happy Thoughts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"660\" data-id=\"19917\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RLS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RLS.png 453w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RLS-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"691\" data-id=\"19918\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stevenson-at-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stevenson-at-43.jpg 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stevenson-at-43-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Robert Louis Stevenson<\/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=\"969\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"19911\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Basil-Rathbone.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Basil-Rathbone.png 969w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Basil-Rathbone-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Basil-Rathbone-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19912\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Bamboo-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Bamboo-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Bamboo-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Bamboo-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rathbone-Bamboo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oscar Wilde: <em>The Happy Prince<\/em>. Basil Rathbone [1959]<\/p>\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\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"19919\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Walter-Crane-Happy-Prince.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Walter-Crane-Happy-Prince.png 686w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Walter-Crane-Happy-Prince-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walter Crane&#8217;s illustratiton of <em>The Happy Prince<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcolm Williamson [after Oscar Wilde]: <em>The Happy Prince<\/em> [1965]<\/p>\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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"707\" data-id=\"19926\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cantelo-early.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cantelo-early.png 567w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cantelo-early-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">April Cantelo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19921\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehane-Plaintive-627x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehane-Plaintive-627x1024.png 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehane-Plaintive-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lehane-Plaintive.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maureen Lehane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pauline Stevens<\/em>, the Happy Prince; <em>April Cantelo<\/em>, the Swallow; <em>Maureen Lehane<\/em>, the Author; <em>Iris Kells<\/em>, the Matchgirl; <em>Sheila Rex<\/em>, the Mayor; <em>Jean Allister<\/em>, the Seamstress; <em>Margaret Humphrey-Clark<\/em>, her Son; <em>Doreen Price<\/em>, a Rich Girl<\/p>\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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"545\" data-id=\"19922\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Neville-Marriner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Neville-Marriner.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Neville-Marriner-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neville Marriner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"19923\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Rodney-Bennett.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19923\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Rodney Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Malcolm Williamson<\/em>, <em>Richard Rodney Bennett<\/em>, pianos; <em>Neville Marriner,<\/em> <em>Anthony Howard<\/em>, <em>Stephen Shingles<\/em>, <em>Joy Hall<\/em>, <em>John Gray<\/em>, strings; <em>James Holland<\/em>, <em>Tristan Fry<\/em>, percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"550\" data-id=\"19925\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-Alldis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-Alldis.jpg 402w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-Alldis-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Alldis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"816\" data-id=\"19927\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marcus-Dods.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marcus-Dods.png 996w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marcus-Dods-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marcus-Dods-768x629.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcus Dods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guildhall Chamber Choir, <em>John Alldis<\/em>, chorus master; 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