{"id":20786,"date":"2026-04-27T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20786"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:49:56","slug":"episode-458-a-conversation-with-steven-blier-from-ear-to-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/episode-458-a-conversation-with-steven-blier-from-ear-to-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 458. From Ear to Ear: A Conversation with Steven Blier"},"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 458. From Ear to Ear: A Conversation with Steven Blier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1949-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=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/From-Ear-to-Ear.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/From-Ear-to-Ear.jpg 667w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/From-Ear-to-Ear-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today a new segment of <em>Countermelody Conversations<\/em> that has been months in the offing! One of the ineffable delights of hosting <em>Countermelody<\/em> over the years is the connection it has brought me with my listeners, fans, and subjects, including some extraordinary (and sometimes famous) musicians and people. One of the podcast\u2019s most devoted fans is a man that I have held in adulation for years: pianist and educator Steven Blier, co-founder of the New York Festival of Song, now concluding its 38th season. Powered by Blier\u2019s vision, musical insight, and an intrepid sense of stretching boundaries, NYFOS has revolutionized the genre of the song recital. Last November, Steven\u2019s extraordinary memoir, <em>From Ear to Ear: A Pianist\u2019s Love Affair with Song<\/em>, was published to great acclaim by W.W. Norton. A few years ago I, as the host of <em>Countermelody<\/em>, received a fan letter from this man whom I have admired for decades. Since then, I pay him a visit whenever I return to New York and have also taken in every NYFOS concert I possibly can. This past February, almost exactly two months ago, in the depths of New York\u2019s ungodly deep freeze and the week before NYFOS\u2019s powerful concert entitled \u201cFugitives,\u201d I paid a visit to Steve at the Upper West Side apartment he shares with his husband Jim, and we resumed our ongoing conversation about music and song. And this time I brought my mic along! Our widen-ranging and in-depth conversation covers the gamut from many topics and personalities discussed in the book, punctuated throughout by fascinating musical examples, including by frequent NYFOS collaborators Kate Lindsey, Theo Hoffman, Cyndia Sieden, William Sharp, and Julia Bullock, with special focus on the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. As a lover of great singers of the past, I am also deeply moved and amused by our discussions of Steve\u2019s encounters with Valerie Masterson, Martha Schlamme, Patricia Brooks, and others.\u00a0I am naming this week \u201cSteven Blier Week\u201d at <em>Countermelody<\/em>, for on Friday I shall bring you \u201cThe Art of Steven Blier,\u201d an additional episode featuring nearly forty years of recorded performances of Steven Blier, both live and in the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4-1536x834.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4-1600x868.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve and Dan chez Blier\/Russell, February 2026, photo by James S. Russell<\/figcaption><\/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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kate-Lindsey-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kate-Lindsey-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kate-Lindsey-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kate-Lindsey.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kate Lindsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georg Jokl, Fritz Lampi: Abendlied. Kate Lindsey, Steven Blier [2009]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Janku.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20942\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Janku.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Janku-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hana Jank\u016f<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra]: Pace, pace, mio Dio (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Hana Jank\u016f, Franti\u0161ek J\u00edlek, Brno State Theatre Opera Orchestra [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Brooks-NYCO-Bergman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Brooks-NYCO-Bergman.jpg 551w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Brooks-NYCO-Bergman-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Patricia Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami [after Alfred Maria Willner, Heinz Reichert]: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (<em>La Rondine<\/em>). Patricia Brooks, Orchestra conducted by Rex Koury [1972]<\/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=\"482\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"20945\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoagy-and-Friend.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoagy-and-Friend.jpg 482w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoagy-and-Friend-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hoagy Carmichael and friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"403\" data-id=\"20944\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mercer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mercer.jpg 320w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mercer-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer: Lazybones. Hoagy Carmichael [1933]<\/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=\"654\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Poulenc-Bernac-Avedon-654x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Poulenc-Bernac-Avedon-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Poulenc-Bernac-Avedon-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Poulenc-Bernac-Avedon.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francis Poulenc and Pierre Bernac photographed by Richard Avedon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire: H\u00f4tel (<em>Banalit\u00e9s<\/em>, FP 107\/2). Pierre Bernac, Francis Poulenc [1950]<\/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=\"265\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Schlamme2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20947\" style=\"width:514px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martha Schlamme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht: Barbara-Song (<em>Die Dreigroschenoper<\/em>). Martha Schlamme, arranged and conducted by Samuel Matlovsky [1962]<\/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=\"667\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"20950\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Theo-Hoffman-667x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Theo-Hoffman-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Theo-Hoffman-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Theo-Hoffman.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theo Hoffman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"686\" data-id=\"20949\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Andrew-Owens.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Andrew-Owens.jpg 447w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Andrew-Owens-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew Owens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Harrison, John Lennon, arr. Steven Blier: Taxman. Theo Hoffman, Andrew Owens, Steven Blier, Alex Levine, Ruben Rengel, Sam Weber [2024]<\/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=\"565\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/La-Bullock.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20951\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/La-Bullock.jpg 565w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/La-Bullock-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Bullock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Harrison, arr. Steven Blier: While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Julia Bullock, Theo Hoffman, Steven Blier, Alex Levine, Ruben Rengel [2024]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Schubert-Beatles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20948\" style=\"width:597px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Schubert-Beatles.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Schubert-Beatles-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Schubert-Beatles-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sharp-Blier-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sharp-Blier-1.png 617w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sharp-Blier-1-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Sharp and Steven Blier back in 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Bowles, Gertrude Stein: April Fool Baby. William Sharp, Steven Blier [1987]<\/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=\"1140\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bernstein-NYFOS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bernstein-NYFOS.png 1140w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bernstein-NYFOS-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bernstein-NYFOS-1024x644.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bernstein-NYFOS-768x483.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo from the cover of the NYFOS <em>Arias and Barcarolles <\/em>release (from left to right): <br>Steven Blier, Michael Barrett, Leonard Bernstein, Judy Kaye, and William Sharp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein: Prelude (<em>Arias and Barcarolles<\/em>). New York Festival of Song [Steven Blier, Michael Barrett, Judy Kaye, William Sharp] [1990]<\/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=\"590\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cyndia-Sieden-590x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cyndia-Sieden-590x1024.jpg 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cyndia-Sieden-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cyndia-Sieden.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cyndia Sieden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Achim von Arnim: Der Stern, Op. 69\/1. Cyndia Sieden, Steven Blier [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorraine-Eyes-Closed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20954\" style=\"width:523px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorraine-Eyes-Closed.jpg 410w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorraine-Eyes-Closed-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lorraine Hunt Lieberson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Bolcom, H.D. [n\u00e9e Hilda Doolittle]: Never More Will the Wind (<em>I Will Breathe a Mountain<\/em>). Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Steven Blier<\/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=\"500\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Valerie-Parasol.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20955\" style=\"width:552px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Valerie-Parasol.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Valerie-Parasol-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Valerie Masterson in <em>The Pirates of Penzance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert: Poor wand\u2019ring one (<em>The Pirates of Penzance<\/em>). 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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Steven Blier [live 1993]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Steve-All-Cleaned-Up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Steve-All-Cleaned-Up.jpg 425w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Steve-All-Cleaned-Up-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1-1600x962.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dan-Steve-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks for the pic, Jim!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 458. 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