{"id":21988,"date":"2026-09-11T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21988"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:14:44","slug":"episode-490-jose-van-dam-chante-leternite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/episode-490-jose-van-dam-chante-leternite\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 490. Jos\u00e9 van Dam chante l\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9"},"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 490. Jos\u00e9 van Dam chante l\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2085-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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22276\" style=\"width:756px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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 commemorate the quarter century since 9\/11, an event that sent shockwaves throughout the world as it was transpiring (and who can forget where they were in those first awful hours?) And yet the aftermath has been so much worse than one could even imagine at the time, and with no end in sight (witness the right-wing populism and divisiveness which have become the order of the day). My heart and spirit cry out in pain every single day and the only consolation, the only balm, my soul receives these days is through art, and particularly for me, as for many of us, music. 2026 has also seen an inordinate number of deaths of people who made a different in the world. As I struggled to come up with a theme and a setlist for today\u2019s episode, one figure kept reappearing at the door: Belgian bass-baritone Jos\u00e9 van Dam, who died last February at the age of 85. Though I was a lifelong admirer of the singer, and was deeply saddened by his death, I have not yet presented a suitable memorial tribute in his honor. His voice exuded a warmth and humanity that gave his performances and portrayals a particular glow. So I have chosen to present him today singing music appropriate to this solemn occasion: songs of Ravel, Schubert, Gounod, Schumann, Faur\u00e9, Brahms, Ibert, Wolf, Mahler, and Trenet; supplemented by arias and scenes by Verdi, Massenet, Landowski, and Messiaen. I\u2019m keeping chatter to a bare minimum on this episode, letting the music, the texts, and van Dam\u2019s voice and artistry, create a patina of consolation for all the complicated emotions raised by this day of mourning and meditation.<\/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\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Arrigo Boito [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: Il lacerato spirito (<em>Simon Boccanegra<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Miguel G\u00f3mez Martinez, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin [live 04.II.75]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maurice Ravel, anonymous Hebrew and Aramaic text: Kaddish (<em>Deux m\u00e9lodies h\u00e9bra\u00efques<\/em>, MA 22\/1). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Dalton Baldwin [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Gounod, Louise Bertin: Si la mort est le but, CG 439. Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Jean-Philippe Collard [1993]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johannes Brahms, Martin Luther [translation of Ecclesiastes 4: 1-3]: Ich wandte mich und sahe an (<em>Vier ernste Ges\u00e4nge<\/em>, Op. 121\/2). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Maciej Pikulski [1995]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hugo Wolf, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Harfenspieler I [Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt]. Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Maciej Pikulski [1995]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franz Schubert, Wilhelm M\u00fcller: Das Wirtshaus (<em>Winterreise<\/em>, D. 911\/21). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Dalton Baldwin [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Schumann, Justinus Kerner: Stille Tr\u00e4nen (<em>Kerner-Lieder<\/em>, Op. 35\/10). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Jean-Claude vanden Eynden [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Sully-Prudhomme: Les Berceaux, Op. 23\/1. Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Jean-Philippe Collard [1987]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reynaldo Hahn, Robert de Flers: Air du mouchoir [C\u2019est tout ce qui me reste d\u2019elle] (<em>Ciboulette<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Cyril Diederich, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maurice Ravel, Paul Morand: Chanson \u00e9pique (<em>Don Quichotte \u00e0 Dulcin\u00e9e<\/em>, M.84\/2). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Dalton Baldwin [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacques Ibert, Alexandre Arnoux: Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte (<em>Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte<\/em>, No. 4). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Lyon [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Massenet, Henri Ca\u00efn [after Jacques Le Lorrain]: \u00c9coute, mon ami, je me sense bien malade (<em>Don Quichotte<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Alain Fondary, Teresa Berganza, Michel Plasson, Orchestre Nationale du Capitole de Toulouse [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marcel Landowski [after Patrice de La Tour du Pin]: \u00c9coutez-moi: \u00e0 l\u2019aube il sera temps. (<em>Le Fou<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Alain Lombard, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Ch\u0153urs de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra du Rhin [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olivier Messiaen: Adieu, cr\u00e9ature de Temps! (<em>Saint Fran\u00e7ois d\u2019Assise<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Paris [live Paris (world premi\u00e8re) 28.XI.83]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav Mahler, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (<em>R\u00fcckert-Lieder<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [live Chicago XI.1996]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Trenet, L\u00e9o Chauliac: Que reste-t-il de nos amours? Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse [2018]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-and-Doggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-and-Doggie.jpg 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Van-Dam-and-Doggie-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 490. 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