{"id":20433,"date":"2026-03-20T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20433"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:56:30","slug":"episode-447-julia-hamari-in-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/episode-447-julia-hamari-in-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 447. J\u00falia Hamari in Song"},"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 447. J\u00falia Hamari in Song<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1898-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=\"619\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-young-glamour.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-young-glamour.jpg 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-young-glamour-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The rich-voiced and expressive Hungarian mezzo-soprano J\u00falia Hamari celebrated her 83rd birthday last November, and in honor of that event, I produced an episode which originally appeared only on Patreon, but which I bring to you today as a belated birthday tribute. I\u2019ve put together a program that serves mostly as a tribute to her as a song recitalist (with a nod as well to her matchless accomplishment as a Bach singer). Drawing on both studio and live recordings made over the course of nearly 30 years, I feature Hamari singing the songs of Brahms, Beethoven, Haydn, Debussy, Mahler, Schubert, and Wolf, as well as the original songs and folk song arrangements of her compatriots Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly and B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k. Hamari\u2019s rock-solid technique, maple-colored voice, and musical acuity reveal her as a true and humble servant of music.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Operatic-Recital-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Operatic-Recital-1.png 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Operatic-Recital-1-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Young-Hamari.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Young-Hamari.jpg 734w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Young-Hamari-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly, Aranka B\u00e1lint: Nausikaa. J\u00falia Hamari, Emmy Varasdy [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=\"241\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Nausikaa-in-Color-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20656\" style=\"width:506px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Nausikaa-in-Color-TRIMMED.jpg 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Nausikaa-in-Color-TRIMMED-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k, orchestrated Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly, unknown poet [possibly Kl\u00e1ra Gombossy]: Sz\u00ednes \u00e1lomban [In Vivid Dreams], Op. 15\/4. J\u00falia Hamari, Jonas Kov\u00e1cs, Hungarian State Orchestra [1992]<\/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=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Headband-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Headband-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Headband-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Headband-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Headband.png 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Ludwig H\u00f6lty: Die Mainacht, Op. 43\/2. J\u00falia Hamari, Emmy Varasdy [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-singing-Bach-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-singing-Bach-2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-singing-Bach-2-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria. Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (<em>Gott soll allein mein Herze haben<\/em>, Cantata BWV 169). J\u00falia Hamari, G\u00e1bor Lehotka, Frigyes S\u00e1ndor, Orchestra of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music [1966]<\/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=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Score-1024x1017.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Score-1024x1017.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Score-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Score-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Score-768x763.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Score.png 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph Haydn, William Shakespeare: She never told her love (<em>Twelfth Night<\/em>). J\u00falia Hamari, Erik Werba [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Fur.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20640\" style=\"width:525px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Fur.png 435w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Fur-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Fur-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Welsh, arr. Ludwig Van Beethoven: To the Blackbird (<em>26 Welsh Songs<\/em>, WoO 155\/20). J\u00falia Hamari, Karl Engel, Andreas Roehn, Georg Donderer [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=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Portrait-656x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Portrait-656x1024.png 656w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Portrait-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Portrait.png 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Hungarian, arranged B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k: Fekete f\u0151d, feh\u00e9r az \u00e9n zsebkend\u0151m [Snow-white Handkerchief] (<em>Eight Hungarian Folksongs<\/em> [<em>Nyolc magyar n\u00e9pdal<\/em>], Sz. 64\/1. J\u00falia Hamari, Ilona Prunyi [1992]<\/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=\"853\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Recording-Studio.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Recording-Studio.png 853w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Recording-Studio-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Recording-Studio-768x637.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Hungarian, arranged and orchestrated B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k: A T\u00f6ml\u00f6cben [In Prison] (Five Hungarian Folk Songs [<em>\u00d6t Magyar N\u00e9pdal<\/em>], Sz. 101\/1). J\u00falia Hamari, Jonas Kov\u00e1cs, Hungarian State Orchestra [1992]<\/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=\"860\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-teaching2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-teaching2.jpg 860w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-teaching2-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-teaching2-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Hungarian, arranged Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly: M\u00f3n\u00e1r Anna (<em>Hungarian Folk Music I <\/em>[<em>Magyar N\u00e9pzene I<\/em>]\/1). J\u00falia Hamari, Emmi Varasdy [live Budapest 10.XI.79]<\/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=\"592\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Records.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Records.png 592w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Records-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Pierre Lou\u00ffs: Le tombeau des na\u00efades (<em>Trois chansons de Bilitis<\/em>, FL 97\/3). J\u00falia Hamari, unknown pianist [live Germany [unknown venue, ca. 1979]<\/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=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Debut-Photo-Session-1016x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Debut-Photo-Session-1016x1024.png 1016w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Debut-Photo-Session-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Debut-Photo-Session-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Debut-Photo-Session-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Debut-Photo-Session.png 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>, collected and adapted Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano: Ich ging mit Lust durch einen gr\u00fcnen Wald (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). J\u00falia Hamari, Giorgio Favaretto [unknown provenance, probably early 1960s]<\/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=\"574\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Italiana.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Italiana.png 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Italiana-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Mar\u00eda do Ceo, translated and adapted Emanuel Geibel: Bedeckt mich mit Blumen (<em>Spanisches Liederbuch<\/em>). J\u00falia Hamari, Erik Werba [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Mall-Hair.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20645\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Mall-Hair.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Mall-Hair-259x300.jpeg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Klaus Groth: Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59\/8. J\u00falia Hamari, Emmi Varasdy [live Budapest 10.XI.79]<\/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=\"507\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Smile-Full.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20646\" style=\"width:578px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Smile-Full.jpg 507w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Smile-Full-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Der Musensohn, D. 764. J\u00falia Hamari, Emmi Varasdy [live Budapest 10.XI.79]<\/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=\"302\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-with-some-dude-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20653\" style=\"width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-with-some-dude-TRIMMED.jpg 302w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-with-some-dude-TRIMMED-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Erlk\u00f6nig, D. 328. J\u00falia Hamari, Emmi Varasdy [live Budapest 10.XI.79]<\/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=\"646\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Orfeo-646x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Orfeo-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Orfeo-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-Orfeo.png 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Ganymed, D. 544. J\u00falia Hamari, Erik Werba [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-expressive2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-expressive2.jpg 622w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hamari-expressive2-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Mignon [Kennst du das Land]. 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