{"id":20273,"date":"2026-03-07T00:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:15:25","slug":"episode-443-meet-klesie-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/episode-443-meet-klesie-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 443. Meet Klesie Kelly"},"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 443. Meet Klesie Kelly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1882-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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1168\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Keyboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Keyboard.png 1168w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Keyboard-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Keyboard-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Keyboard-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1168px) 100vw, 1168px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a pendant to, and continuation of, my Black History Month 2026 series on <em>Countermelody<\/em>, I am pleased and honored to present to you the exquisite African American lyric soprano Klesie Kelly, who, as with numerous other singers that we have explored together this month, has made her life, career, and home abroad, in this case, Germany, where she came to pursue post-university studies in Detmold and from there simply put down roots. Though unlike me, Kelly was not born in Milwaukee, she did spend some of her formative years there, including pursuing her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin Madison. In her years in Germany, Kelly was not only an active and deeply respected both on the operatic stage and the concert platform (where her performances of Bach were particularly lauded), but she also dedicated herself to the education of many of the finest singers to have come through the Musikhochschule in K\u00f6ln. I have managed to unearth a number of invaluable sound documents of Klesie Kelly, including a number of recordings of <em>Lieder<\/em> and duets with instrumental obbligato accompaniment, and peerless performances of Bach cantatas, as well as a 1970 concert performance of <em>Porgy and Bess <\/em>in the Netherlands, and an ultrarare recording made during her undergraduate years in Wisconsin. Excerpts from all of these are heard on the episode, which salutes (and delivers flowers to) one of the most respected German-American musical figures of her generation.<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Pearls.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Pearls.png 866w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Pearls-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Pearls-768x866.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: Summertime (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Klesie Kelly, Hein Jordans, Het Brabants Orkest, Philips Philharmonisch Koor [live Eindhoven 15.IV.1970]<\/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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Die_belohnte_Treu_Joseph_Haydn_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9071-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Die_belohnte_Treu_Joseph_Haydn_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9071-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Die_belohnte_Treu_Joseph_Haydn_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9071-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Die_belohnte_Treu_Joseph_Haydn_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9071.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Klesie Kelly and Dieter Brencke in <em>Die belohnte Treue<\/em> [<em>La fedelt\u00e0 premiata<\/em>] (Karlsruhe 1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georg B\u00f6hm [formerly attributed George Frideric Handel], Christian Heinrich Postel: Jesu, wonach d\u00fcrstet dich (<em>Johannes-Passion<\/em>). Klesie Kelly, Martin Stephani, K\u00f6lner Kammerorchester [1969]<\/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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz-1600x1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hanna-Schwarz.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hanna Schwarz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Recitative: Die Engel, welche sich zuvor; Terzett: Ist Gott vers\u00f6hnt und unser Freund (<em>Das neugeborne Kindelein<\/em>, BWV 122). Klesie Kelly, Hanna Schwarz, Friedreich Melzer, Gerald Wilhelm, Collegium musicum des WDR [1973]<\/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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads-1600x1077.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Badger-Ballads.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The singers and players of the <em>Wisconsin Idea Theater<\/em>: Standing: Hal Krider, Gail Mitchell, Kent Toepfer, David Peterson, Dee Lawrence, Santha Sarig; Seated: Joie Canada, Lynn Seibel, Klesie Kelly, John Juhl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles K. Harris: After the Ball. Klesie Kelly, Santha Sarig [1965]<\/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=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Moog-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20508\" style=\"width:498px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Und was der ewig g\u00fcltig Gott (<em>Wahrlich, wahrlich ich sage euch<\/em>, BWV 86). Klesie Kelly, Rudolf Pohl, Collegium musicum des WDR [radio broadcast, mid-1970s]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franz_Lachner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franz_Lachner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franz_Lachner-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Franz Lachner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Lachner, Heinrich Heine: Auf Fl\u00fcgeln des Gesanges. Klesie Kelly, Dieter Kl\u00f6cker, Werner Genuit [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dieter-Kloecker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dieter-Kloecker.jpg 684w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dieter-Kloecker-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dieter Kl\u00f6cker<\/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=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Louis-Spohr-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Louis-Spohr-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Louis-Spohr-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Louis-Spohr-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Louis-Spohr-1104x1536.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Louis-Spohr.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis Spohr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Louis Spohr, Emanuel von Geibel: Sehnsucht (<em>Sechs deutsche Lieder<\/em>, Op. 103\/3). Klesie Kelly, Franz Klein, Werner K\u00e4mmerling [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KKelly-1990-Recording-Cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KKelly-1990-Recording-Cover-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KKelly-1990-Recording-Cover-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KKelly-1990-Recording-Cover-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Franz-Ferdinand-Nentwig-in-Bajazzo-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Franz-Ferdinand-Nentwig-in-Bajazzo-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Franz-Ferdinand-Nentwig-in-Bajazzo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Franz-Ferdinand-Nentwig-in-Bajazzo-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Franz-Ferdinand-Nentwig-in-Bajazzo.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Klesie Kelly and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig in <em>Der Bajazzo <\/em>[<em>Pagliacci<\/em>], Karlsruhe 1972<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: Crown, I got something to tell you&#8230; What you want with Bess (<em>Porgy and<\/em> <em>Bess<\/em>). Klesie Kelly, William Shores, Hein Jordans, Het Brabaants Orkest [live Eindhoven 15.IV.1970]<\/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-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971.jpg 916w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Klesie Kelly and Thomas Lehrberger in <em>Die belohnte Treue<\/em>, Karlsruhe 1971<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: Now the time, oh God, now the time&#8230; I loves you, Porgy (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Klesie Kelly, John Swift, Hein Jordans, Het Brabants Orkest [live Eindhoven 15.IV.1970]<\/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-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"876\" data-id=\"20515\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Karl-Hartmann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Karl-Hartmann.jpg 739w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Karl-Hartmann-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Hartmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"20516\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Werner-Genuit-1937-1997-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Werner-Genuit-1937-1997-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Werner-Genuit-1937-1997-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Werner-Genuit-1937-1997-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Werner-Genuit-1937-1997-1194x1536.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Werner-Genuit-1937-1997.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Werner Genuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Lachner, unknown poet: Laute Liebe. Klesie Kelly, Karl Hartmann, Werner Genuit [1977]<\/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=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Head-On-Middle-Aged-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Head-On-Middle-Aged-Headshot.png 977w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Head-On-Middle-Aged-Headshot-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Head-On-Middle-Aged-Headshot-768x582.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Seufzer, Tr\u00e4nen, Kummer, Not (<em>Ich hatte viel Bek\u00fcmmernis<\/em>, BWV 21). Klesie Kelly, Rudolf Pohl, Collegium musicum des WDR [1974 broadcast]<\/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-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"919\" data-id=\"20518\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hermann-Baumann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hermann-Baumann.jpg 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hermann-Baumann-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hermann Baumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" data-id=\"20519\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge-1600x961.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IanPartridge.jpg 1794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ian Partridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benedict Randhartinger, unknown poet: Schlummerlied. Klesie Kelly, Ian Partridge, Hermann Baumann, Werner Genuit [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Christa-Lehnert-Dieter-Brencke-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20520\" style=\"width:584px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Christa-Lehnert-Dieter-Brencke-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971.jpg 896w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Christa-Lehnert-Dieter-Brencke-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Klesie-Kelly-Christa-Lehnert-Dieter-Brencke-and-Thomas-Lehrberger-in-Die-belohnte-Treue-Karlsruhe-1971-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Klesie Kelly, Christa Lehnert, Dieter Brencke and Thomas Lehrberger in <em>Die belohnte Treue<\/em> [<em>La fedelt\u00e0 premiata<\/em>] (Karlsruhe 1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 443. 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