{"id":20080,"date":"2026-02-13T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20080"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:23:30","slug":"episode-437-get-to-know-faye-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/episode-437-get-to-know-faye-robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 437. Get to Know Faye Robinson"},"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 437. Get to Know Faye Robinson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1858-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=\"421\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20334\" style=\"width:551px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Earrings.jpg 421w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Earrings-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s Black History Month episode serves also as a belated birthday tribute to the exceptional African American soprano Faye Robinson, who was born in Houston on 2 November 1943. Robinson has a voice that transcends genre, encompassing both lyric-coloratura roles at one end and pure dramatic soprano repertoire on the other. In addition, she has been created vocal works by some of the greatest twentieth-century composers, including Michael Tippett, two of whose major vocal works she premiered, and with whose compositions she is especially associated, and George Walker, whose <em>Lilacs<\/em> she premiered in 1996 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and which subsequently won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize by the judges\u2019 unanimous decision. Robinson\u2019s immediately recognizable voice presented in a wide-range of repertoire, including the works referenced above and also including arias by Handel, Gounod, Offenbach, Bellini, and Handel, as well as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges; as well as concert work by Schoenberg and Barber. All in all, Faye Robinson\u2019s is a voice and artistic presence well worth getting to know better! Happy Belated Birthday, Diva!<\/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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Robinson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Robinson.png 603w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Robinson-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos: \u00d4 Cl\u00e9mangis, lis dans mon \u00e2me (<em>Ernestine<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Paul Freeman, London Symphony Orchestra [1974]<\/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=\"506\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Olympia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Olympia.png 506w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Olympia-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Offenbach, Jules Barbier [after E.T.A. Hoffmann]: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (<em>Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Theo Alcantra, Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de Buenos Aires [live 1980]<\/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=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Full-Length-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Full-Length-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Full-Length-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Full-Length-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Full-Length.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel: Non s\u2019afferra d\u2019amore il porto (<em>Se pari \u00e8 la tua f\u00e8<\/em>, HWV 158a). Faye Robinson, Rudolph Palmer, Edward Brewer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra [1996]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Dispeker2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Dispeker2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Dispeker2-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Michael Tippett: O by and by (<em>A Child of Our Time<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Michael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [1991]<\/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=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tippett-in-front-of-mic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tippett-in-front-of-mic.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tippett-in-front-of-mic-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Tippett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett: Hiroshima, mon amour (<em>The Mask of Time<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Colin Davis, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [live Boston (world premiere) 05.IV.1984]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"892\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Backstage-892x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Backstage-892x1024.png 892w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Backstage-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Backstage-768x881.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Backstage.png 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Carlo Pepoli: Vien, diletto, \u00e8 in ciel la luna (<em>I Puritani<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Robert McFarland, Harry Dworchak, Edoardo M\u00fcller, New York City Opera Orchestra [live New York 11.VIII.1985]<\/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=\"864\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Safimm-864x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Safimm-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Safimm-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Safimm-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Safimm.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Antonio Marchi [after Ludovico Ariosto]: Ah, mio cor (<em>Alcina<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Kurt Eichhorn, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [live Schwetzinger Festspiele 31.V.84]<\/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=\"321\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Ruth-Stewart-1974.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20345\" style=\"width:475px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Ruth-Stewart-1974.png 321w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Faye-Robinson-Ruth-Stewart-1974-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Faye Robinson and her former teacher Ruth Stewart, 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after William Shakespeare]: Mais demain pourtant&#8230; Amour, ranime mon courage (<em>Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Alain Guingal, Orchestra del Teatro Regio Parma [live Parma 27.IV.1985]<\/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=\"445\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Solti-Tippett-Robinson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20347\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Solti-Tippett-Robinson.jpg 445w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Solti-Tippett-Robinson-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georg Solti, Michael Tippett, Faye Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett, William Butler Yeats: Miracle, Bird or Golden Handiwork (<em>Byzantium<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [live Carnegie Hall 15-18.IV.1991]<\/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=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Flanked-824x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Flanked-824x1024.png 824w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Flanked-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Flanked-768x955.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Flanked.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arnold Schoenberg, Stefan George: Entr\u00fcckung [excerpt] [Ich l\u00f6se mich in t\u00f6nen] (<em>String Quartet No. 2<\/em>, Op. 10\/4, transcribed for string orchestra). Faye Robinson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra [1997]<\/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=\"425\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-George-Walker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20348\" style=\"width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-George-Walker.jpg 425w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-George-Walker-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The young George Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Walker, Walt Whitman: IV [Sing on, sing on you gray-brown bird] (<em>Lilacs<\/em>). Faye Robinson, Timothy Russell, Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra [2000]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robinson-Gingerbread-Gown-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robinson-Gingerbread-Gown-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robinson-Gingerbread-Gown-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robinson-Gingerbread-Gown-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robinson-Gingerbread-Gown.jpg 979w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/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=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Samuel-Barber-Portrait-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Samuel-Barber-Portrait-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Samuel-Barber-Portrait-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Samuel-Barber-Portrait-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Samuel-Barber-Portrait.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Samuel Barber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Samuel Barber, Euripedes (translated by John Patrick Creagh): Helen! Helen! You they call daughter of God (<em>Andromache\u2019s Farewell<\/em>, Op. 39). Faye Robinson, Andrew Davis, Cleveland Orchestra [live broadcast 1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Singing-onstage.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20346\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Singing-onstage.png 470w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Robinson-Singing-onstage-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 437. 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