{"id":21434,"date":"2026-06-30T23:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21434"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:08:31","slug":"episode-476-getting-a-handle-on-henriette-bosmans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/episode-476-getting-a-handle-on-henriette-bosmans\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 476. Getting a Handle on Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans"},"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 476. Getting a Handle on Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2025-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\"><\/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=\"790\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-the-look-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-the-look-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-the-look-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-the-look-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-the-look-1185x1536.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-the-look.jpg 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/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\">The final official #Pride2026 episode on <em>Countermelody<\/em> introduces the Dutch composer, pianist, and critic Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans (1895 \u2013 1952), a fascinating figure of extraordinary contrasts and contradictions. Both of Henri\u00ebtte\u2019s parents were professional musicians; her father, a cellist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra, died while she was in infancy. Her mother, Sarah Bosmans-Benedicts was a professional pianist and piano teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory as well as her daughter\u2019s piano instructor. Bosmans received her initial renown as a concert pianist, also beginning to compose music, initially primarily instrumental works. \u00a0Henri\u00ebtte led her life openly as a bisexual woman, numbering among her relationships long-standing love affairs with Dutch cellist, conductor, and freedom fighter Frieda Belinanfante (1904 \u2013 1995) and French mezzo-soprano No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia (1903\u20131992). She was also engaged to the violinist Francis Koene (1899 \u2013 1934), who died tragically and prematurely of a brain tumor. At his death, Bosmans ceased composing for a number of years. During the war, her mother\u2019s Jewish heritage became a threat to both her and her daughter\u2019s lives. In fact, Sara was deported and sent away to the Westerbork concentration camp. Through some mysterious and miraculous machinations (possibly involving the intervention of conductor Willem Mengelberg, with whom mother and daughter had previously collaborated), Henri\u00ebtte was able, against all odds, to secure her mother\u2019s release. During the war, prevented from public appearances, Bosmans began performing in clandestine concerts known \u201cBlack Evenings,\u201d private musical events which were often invaded by the SS. Henri\u00ebtte herself, however, was never apprehended, and through these performances was able to earn a meager living. In the closing days of the war, she began to compose again, including songs of patriotism and hope. Upon meeting P\u00e9rugia in 1948, Henri\u00ebtte began to write music again in earnest, almost all songs composed for No\u00e9mie, with whom she performed and recorded some of the most distinctive and original of this repertoire. In the final years of her life, Bosmans suffered grievously from stomach cancer, a diagnosis which, however, was kept hidden from her, and she died at the age of only 56 on July 2, 1952. Instead of being forgotten, these days Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans has re-emerged as one of the most important Dutch compositional voices. Todays\u2019 episode features rare radio recordings from the early 1950s by Bosmans and P\u00e9rugia, as well as later recordings by some of the most renowned Dutch singers, including Bernard Kruysen, Tania Kross, Julia Bronkhorst, Rachel Ann Morgan, Irene Maessen, Bettina Smith, and Max van Egmond. It is entirely appropriate that we commemorate Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans especially now, on the 74th anniversary of her death, and at the end of Pride Month.<\/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\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All compositions by Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans. Poets and performers as noted.<\/p>\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=\"446\" height=\"609\" data-id=\"21656\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-torn-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-torn-headshot.png 446w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-torn-headshot-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"21651\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perugia-in-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perugia-in-white.jpg 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perugia-in-white-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul \u00c9luard: Je ne suis pas seul. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [live 11.I.1951]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eluard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21658\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eluard.jpg 379w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eluard-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul \u00c9luard<\/figcaption><\/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-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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"387\" data-id=\"21646\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Bronkhorst.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Bronkhorst.jpg 257w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Bronkhorst-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Bronkhorst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"21661\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maarten-Hillenius.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maarten-Hillenius.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maarten-Hillenius-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maarten-Hillenius-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maarten Hillenius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heinrich Heine: Die heil&#8217;gen drei K\u00f6n&#8217;ge aus Morgenland. Julia Bronkhorst, Maarten Hillenius [2014]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prevert-and-Minette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21683\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prevert-and-Minette.jpg 482w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prevert-and-Minette-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jacques Pr\u00e9vert and his daughter Minette, 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacques Pr\u00e9vert: On frappe. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [live NCRV 11.I.1951]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"836\" data-id=\"21655\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Young-Perugia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Young-Perugia.jpg 661w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Young-Perugia-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The young No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1266\" data-id=\"21636\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-younger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-younger.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-younger-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-younger-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-younger-768x1013.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The young Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"351\" data-id=\"21629\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WerumeusBuning1941.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WerumeusBuning1941.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WerumeusBuning1941-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weremus Buning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"21653\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Ann-Morgan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21653\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rachel Ann Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.W.F. Werumeus Buning: Verzen uit &#8216;Maria L\u00e9cina&#8217; [excerpt]. Rachel Ann Morgen, Frans van Ruth [1993]<\/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=\"370\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tania-Kross-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21668\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tania-Kross-1.jpg 370w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tania-Kross-1-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tania Kross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hans Bethge [after Li-Tai-Po]: Liebestrunken. Tania Kross, Reinild Mees [live Virus 01.III.2012]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Reinild-Mees.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21667\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Reinild-Mees.jpg 341w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Reinild-Mees-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reinild Mees<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adriaan-Roland-Holst-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21669\" style=\"width:438px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adriaan-Roland-Holst-1.jpg 363w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adriaan-Roland-Holst-1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adriaan Roland Holst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adriaan Roland Holst: Dit eiland (<em>Terugblik<\/em>, No, 3). Irene Maessen, Maria Bon [2003]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Irene-Maessen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21644\" style=\"width:705px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Irene-Maessen.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Irene-Maessen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Irene-Maessen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irene Maessen<\/figcaption><\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-id=\"21664\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Stijn-Berkouwer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Stijn-Berkouwer.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Stijn-Berkouwer-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stijn Berkouwer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"352\" data-id=\"21670\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elizaveta-Agrafenina-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elizaveta-Agrafenina-TRIMMED.png 268w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elizaveta-Agrafenina-TRIMMED-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizaveta Agrafenina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Henry Newman: Lead, Kindly Light [excerpt]. Elizaveta Agrafenina, Stijn Berkouwer, Dutch Student Chamber Orchestra (NESKO) [live 2022]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Newman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21671\" style=\"width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Newman.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Newman-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Henry Newman<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fedde_Schurer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21659\" style=\"width:566px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fedde Schurer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fedde Schurer: Daar komen de Canadezen. Irene Maessen, Marcel Worms [live, n.d.]<\/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-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"372\" data-id=\"21650\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perugia-cheekbones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perugia-cheekbones.jpg 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perugia-cheekbones-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"365\" data-id=\"21634\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-wistful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-wistful.jpg 547w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-wistful-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacques Pr\u00e9vert: Pour toi, mon amour. No\u00e9mie Perugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [NCRV 11.I.1951]<\/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=\"675\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Max-young-at-mic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Max-young-at-mic.jpg 675w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Max-young-at-mic-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A young Max van Egmond at the microphone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacques Pr\u00e9vert: Chanson des escargots qui vont \u00e0 l&#8217;enterrement. Max van Egmond, Thom Bollen [1981]<\/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=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bernard-Kruysen-1933-\u2013-2000-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bernard-Kruysen-1933-\u2013-2000-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bernard-Kruysen-1933-\u2013-2000-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bernard-Kruysen-1933-\u2013-2000-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bernard-Kruysen-1933-\u2013-2000.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bernard Kruysen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raoul Ponchon: Rondel. Bernard Kruysen, Felix de Nobel [live 1972]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Felix-de-Nobel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21660\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Felix-de-Nobel.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Felix-de-Nobel-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Felix de Nobel<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Verdet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21672\" style=\"width:757px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Verdet.jpg 224w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Verdet-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andr\u00e9 Verdet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9 Verdet: Le naufrage. Bernard Kruysen, Felix de Nobel [live 1972]<\/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=\"420\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Paul-Fort-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21673\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Paul-Fort-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Paul-Fort-1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Fort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Fort: Le diable dans la nuit. Bernard Kruysen, Felix de Nobel [live 1972]<\/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=\"392\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canne-Meijer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21674\" style=\"width:650px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canne-Meijer.jpg 392w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canne-Meijer-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cora Canne Meijer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Fort: Complainte du petit cheval blanc. Cora Canne Meijer, Thom Bollen [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Thom-Bollen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21675\" style=\"width:710px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thom Bollen<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henriette-at-the-seashore.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21642\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6428628548580568;width:642px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henriette-at-the-seashore.png 391w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henriette-at-the-seashore-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henri\u00ebtte  at the seashore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Fort: La chanson des marins h\u00e2l\u00e9s. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [live NRU 27.VI.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=\"419\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-straight-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21633\" style=\"width:543px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-straight-on.jpg 419w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-straight-on-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bosmans-straight-on-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Fort: Le regard \u00e9ternel. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [live NRU 27.VI.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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Noemie-Perugia-in-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Noemie-Perugia-in-white.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Noemie-Perugia-in-white-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Fort: La chanson fatale. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [live NRU 27.VI.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=\"228\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/desaugiers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21677\" style=\"width:607px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/desaugiers.jpg 228w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/desaugiers-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marc-Antoine D\u00e9saugiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marc-Antoine D\u00e9saugiers: Les m\u00e9disants. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Hans Henkemans [live NRU 14.X.1952]<\/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=\"250\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jules-Jouy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21679\" style=\"width:572px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jules-Jouy-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jules-Jouy-1-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jules Jouy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Jouy: Le chanson du chiffonier. No\u00e9mie Perugia, Henri\u00ebtte Bosmans [live NCRV 11.I.1951]<\/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=\"663\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bettina-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bettina-Smith.jpg 663w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bettina-Smith-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bettina-Smith-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bettina Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olive Schreiner: The Artist&#8217;s Secret. Bettina Smith, Jan Willem Nelleke [2021]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Olive-Schreiner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21627\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Olive-Schreiner.jpg 349w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Olive-Schreiner-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olive Schreiner<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frieda-Belinfante-and-Bosmans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21625\" style=\"width:782px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frieda-Belinfante-and-Bosmans.jpg 782w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frieda-Belinfante-and-Bosmans-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frieda-Belinfante-and-Bosmans-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frieda Belinenfante and Bosmans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biblical text, adapted and translated into Latin: Ave Maria. No\u00e9mie P\u00e9rugia, Hans Henkemans [live NRU 14.X.1952]<\/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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henkemans-ohne-Brille-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21623\" style=\"width:676px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henkemans-ohne-Brille-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henkemans-ohne-Brille-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henkemans-ohne-Brille-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henkemans-ohne-Brille-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henkemans-ohne-Brille.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hans Henkemans<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henriette-at-the-piano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henriette-at-the-piano.jpg 587w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Henriette-at-the-piano-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 476. 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