{"id":19734,"date":"2026-01-12T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19734"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:18:55","slug":"episode-428-alfreda-hodgson-sings-brahms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/episode-428-alfreda-hodgson-sings-brahms\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 428. Alfreda Hodgson Sings Brahms"},"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 428. Alfreda Hodgson Sings Brahms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1817-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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Young-Ms-Hodgson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20073\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Young-Ms-Hodgson.png 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Young-Ms-Hodgson-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The English contralto Alfreda Hodgson (07 June 1940 \u2013 16 April 1992) has been featured numerous times on <em>Countermelody<\/em> and when I recently acquired a copy of her 1980 solo recital recording originally released on Pearl Records, I decided that the time was right to do a full episode on this rich-voiced, profoundly musical singer. Though she was equally superb in Bach, Mahler, Handel, and Elgar, I have chosen to focus on her performances of the music of Johannes Brahms, including superb recordings of the Alto Rhapsody, the Songs for Alto and Viola, the <em>Vier ernste Ges\u00e4nge<\/em>, and a posthumously-assembled collection of his <em>Lieder<\/em> published under the title <em>M\u00e4dchenlieder<\/em>. Artists accompanying Hodgson include Bernard Haitink, Edward Downes, violist Ludmila Navrath, and her long-standing pianist, the late Keith Swallow. I begin the episode with brief examples of Hodgson singing (in English) the music of her countrymen Lennox Berkeley, Edward Elgar, and John Ireland in the company of Peter Pears, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Steuart Bedford, and Alan Rowlands.<\/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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"983\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda-1024x983.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda-1536x1474.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda-1600x1535.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alfreda.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All selections sung by <em>Alfreda Hodgson<\/em>.<\/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=\"289\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-downward-gaze.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20075\" style=\"width:519px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-downward-gaze.jpg 289w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-downward-gaze-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lennox Berkeley, Eric Crozier: Let me beg you to forgive your countrymen&#8230; Oh, let not anger fill your eyes (<em>Ruth<\/em>). Peter Pears, Alfreda Hodgson, Steuart Bedford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra [BBC recording first broadcast 18.VIII.1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-1962-Recital-Program-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-1962-Recital-Program-Photo.png 672w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-1962-Recital-Program-Photo-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Edward Elgar: Who stilleth the raging of the seas? (<em>The Apostles<\/em>, Op. 49). Alfreda Hodgson, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, BBC Symphony Orchestra [live London, Royal Festival Hall 17.II.1982]<\/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=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Alfreda-Bouffant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Alfreda-Bouffant.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Alfreda-Bouffant-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional tune and text, arr. John Ireland: The Three Ravens. Alan Rowlands [1979]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All remaining selections composed by <em>Johannes Brahms<\/em>.<\/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=\"208\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-newspaper-photo-1965.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20078\" style=\"width:602px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-newspaper-photo-1965.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hodgson-newspaper-photo-1965-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Sechs M\u00e4dchenlieder<\/em>. Keith Swallow [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Heyse: M\u00e4dchenlied, Op. 95\/6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siegfried Kapper [adapted from a folk text: M\u00e4dchenlied, Op. 85\/3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Heyse: M\u00e4dchenlied, Op. 107\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Otto Friedrich Gruppe: Das M\u00e4dchen spricht, Op. 107\/3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siegfried Kapper [adapted from a folk text]: M\u00e4dchenfluch, Op. 69\/9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siegfried Kapper [adapted from a folk text]: Das M\u00e4dchen, Op. 95\/1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>August Heinrich von Fallersleben: Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43\/1. Edward Downes [unknown date]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johann Wolgang von Goethe: <em>Altrhapsodie<\/em>, Op. 53. Bernard Haitink, Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Zwei Ges\u00e4nge<\/em>, Op. 91. Ludmila Navrath, Keith Swallow [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Gestillte Sehnsucht<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Emanuel von Geibel [after Lope Felix de Vega Carpio]: Geistliches Wiegenlied<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Luther [German translations of Biblical texts]: <em>Vier ernste Ges\u00e4nge<\/em>, Op. 121. Keith Swallow [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Text from Ecclesiastes. Denn es gehet dem Menschen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Text from Ecclesiastes. Ich wandte mich und sahe an<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Text from Sirach. O Tod, wie bitter bist du<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. Text from First Corinthians. Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Keith-Swallow-1975.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Keith-Swallow-1975.jpg 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Keith-Swallow-1975-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Keith Swallow in 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 428. 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