{"id":21276,"date":"2026-06-12T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21276"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:23:53","slug":"episode-471-joan-caplan-in-recital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/episode-471-joan-caplan-in-recital\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 471. Joan Caplan In Recital"},"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-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-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-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 471. Joan Caplan In Recital<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2007-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8f761849 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-39697d9b 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-1186x1536.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-1581x2048.jpg 1581w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-1600x2072.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Candelabra-scaled.jpg 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we revisit the rare recorded output of my beloved teacher Joan Caplan (15 October 1932 \u2013 19 April 2025) through live performances made during her active years as a song recitalist and as an opera and oratorio singer. We hear her complete performances of <em>Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird <\/em>by Peggy Glanville-Hicks, the <em>Cinco canciones negras<\/em> by Xavier Montsalvatge, and the <em>Zigeunerlieder<\/em> of Johannes Brahms, as well as songs by Gustav Mahler from the German folk poetry collection <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em> and arias by Handel, Vivaldi, Hasse, and Donizetti. This episode constitutes the continuation of a promise that I made to Joan before she died that I would do my utmost to ensure that she never be forgotten for the great teacher and singer that she was. The episode also includes a memorial tribute full of insights and anecdotes that I recorded in her memory last year.<\/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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"694\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Clasped-Hands.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Clasped-Hands.png 694w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Clasped-Hands-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Victor Hugo]: Il segreto per esser felici (<em>Lucrezia Borgia<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21482\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.800003151293606;width:719px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Little-Black-Dress-1600x2000.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>, collected and adapted by Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim: Nicht wiedersehen! (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Open-Arms-Singing.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21484\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9367020884067596;width:730px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Open-Arms-Singing.png 799w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Open-Arms-Singing-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Open-Arms-Singing-768x820.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johann Adolf Hasse: Superbo da me stesso (<em>L\u2019Olimpiade<\/em>). Joan Caplan, Newell Jenkins, Clarion Concerts Orchestra [live New York 16 March 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21483\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5059022422588682;width:667px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Some-Kind-of-Insect-1600x1063.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>, collected and adapted by Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim: Selbstgef\u00fchl (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/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-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-853x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21486\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8330134042099391;width:743px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-1707x2048.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin5-1-1600x1920.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antonio Vivaldi: Qui sedes ad dexteram patris (<em>Gloria in D Major<\/em>, RV 589)<\/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 aligncenter 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"704\" data-id=\"21493\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Judy-Hands.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Judy-Hands.png 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Judy-Hands-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"689\" data-id=\"21487\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Hey-You.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Hey-You.png 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Hey-You-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>, collected and adapted by Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rheinlegendchen (<em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Starke Einbildungskraft (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Das irdische Leben (<em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-1541x2048.jpg 1541w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-1600x2127.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Moody-Shot-scaled.jpg 1926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: from <em>Jephtha<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First perish thou&#8230; Let other creatures die?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scenes of horror, scenes of woe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel, anonymous libretto after Ludovico Ariosti: from <em>Alcina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00c8 gelosia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verdi prati<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"809\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-809x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-809x1024.jpg 809w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-768x972.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-1214x1536.jpg 1214w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-1618x2048.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-1600x2025.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-White-Gloves-scaled.jpg 2023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johannes Brahms, Traditional Hungarian text adapted by Hugo Conrat [n\u00e9 Hugo Cohn]: <em>Zigeunerlieder<\/em>, Op. 103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Hochget\u00fcrmte Rimaflut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. Wi\u00dft ihr, wann mein Kindlein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. Lieber Gott, du wei\u00dft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. Brauner Bursche f\u00fchrt zum Tanze<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VI. R\u00f6slein dreie in der Reihe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VII. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VIII. Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Sleeveless-Sixties-Makeup-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21491\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8037136118278378;width:719px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Sleeveless-Sixties-Makeup-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-Sleeveless-Sixties-Makeup-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Wallace Stevens: <em>Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Glanville-Hicks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21496\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992322683517392;width:741px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Glanville-Hicks.jpg 940w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Glanville-Hicks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Glanville-Hicks-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Peggy Glanville-Hicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Among twenty snowy mountains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. I was of three minds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III. The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. A man and a woman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. I do not know which to prefer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VI. Icicles filled the long window<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VII. O thin men of Haddam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VIII. I know noble accents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IX. When the blackbird flew out of sight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>X. At the sight of blackbirds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XI. He rode over Connecticut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XII. The river is moving<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XIII. It was evening all afternoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-853x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21494\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8330134042099391;width:685px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-1707x2048.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joan-as-Gina-Carlin-1600x1920.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xavier Montsalvatge. poets as noted below: <em>Cinco canciones negras<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Cuba dentro de un piano (poem by Rafael Alberti)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II. Punto de Haba\u00f1era (poem by N\u00e9stor Luj\u00e1n)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>III.Ch\u00e9vere (poem by Nicol\u00e1s Guill\u00e9n)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV. Canci\u00f3n de cuna para dormir un negrito (poem by Ildefonso Pereda Vald\u00e9s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V. 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