{"id":7412,"date":"2021-05-16T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7412"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:00:40","slug":"episode-89-the-radiant-heather-harper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/16\/episode-89-the-radiant-heather-harper\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 89. The Radiant Heather Harper"},"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 89.  The Radiant Heather Harper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=339-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" 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-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" 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\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elsa-at-Bayreuth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elsa-at-Bayreuth.jpg 714w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elsa-at-Bayreuth-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have dreamed of doing an episode on the great Irish soprano Heather Harper (1930 \u2013 2019) since before I began the podcast. As we we find ourselves in close proximity to both the anniversary of her birth on 8 May 1930 and her death on 22 April 2019, I feel compelled to bring that dream to life. A peerless artist, probably most renowned today for her close collaboration with Benjamin Britten, whose <em>War Requiem<\/em> she learned ten days before the premiere when the scheduled artist, Galina Vishnevskaya, was refused by the Soviet government to participate in the performance. Her crackerjack musicianship is heard to full advantage in 20th century works by Michael Tippett, Leif Segerstam, Anton Webern, Luigi Dallapiccola, Francis Poulenc, William Walton, and Alban Berg. But her focused, flexible instrument also made her an ideal performer of the Baroque repertoire (we hear her in Purcell, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Bach and Handel). And the surprising stores of power she could summon made her a vital and sympathetic heroine in the operas of Wagner, Mozart, Strauss, and Gounod, as well Britten\u2019s Ellen Orford, of which she was the definitive interpreter. She also excelled in the intimate medium of the <em>Lieder<\/em> recital. Vocal guest stars include Jessye Norman, Helen Donath, Nicolai Gedda, John Shirley-Quirk, Norman Mittelmann, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and others. Conductors heard include Pierre Boulez, Rudolf Kempe, Colin Davis, Raymond Leppard, Gary Bertini, Meredith Davies, Horst Stein, Anthony Lewis, Carlos Pa\u00efta, Bernard Haitink, Steuart Bedford, Hans Swarowsky, David Atherton, and Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Fasten your seat belts and settle for an overdue tribute to the dazzling versatility and artistry of the great Heather Harper.<\/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\" 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<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Very-Young-Heather.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Very-Young-Heather.jpg 445w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Very-Young-Heather-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cavalli, Giovanni Faustini: O delle mie speranze (<em>La Doriclea<\/em>). Heather Harper, Raymond Leppard, Bath Festival Ensemble [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leppard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leppard.jpg 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leppard-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption>Raymond Leppard (11 August 1927 \u2013 22 October 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-with-Score-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-with-Score-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-with-Score-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-with-Score-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-with-Score.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Theodor Storm: Schlie\u00dfe mir die Augen beide (second version [1925]). Heather Harper, Paul Hamburger [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Britten-Harper.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Britten-Harper.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Britten-Harper-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Britten-Harper-768x461.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten: Sanctus and Benedictus (<em>War Requiem<\/em>). Heather Harper, Benjamin Britten, Meredith Davies, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Coventry Festival Choir [World Premiere, Coventry Cathedral 30 May 1962]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Paita.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Paita.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Paita-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><em>Carlos<\/em>&nbsp;Pa\u00efta (10 March 1932 \u2013 19 December 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem aeterman [from <em>Libera me<\/em>] (<em>Messa da Requiem<\/em>). Heather Harper, Carlos Pa\u00efta, London Philharmonic Choir [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lewis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lewis.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lewis-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Anthony Lewis (2 March 1915&nbsp;\u2013 5 June 1983). Painting by Pamela Thalben-Ball<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell, John Dryden: Fairest Isle (<em>King Arthur<\/em>). Heather Harper, Anthony Lewis, Philomusica of London [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Engen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Engen.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Engen-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption>Kieth Engen (5 April 1925 \u2013 2 September 2004)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr, dein Mitleid (<em>Weihnachts-Oratorium<\/em>, BWV 248). Heather Harper, Kieth Engen, Hans Swarowsky, Wiener Symphoniker [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Swarowsky.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Swarowsky.png 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Swarowsky-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Hans Swarowsky (16 September 1899 \u2013 10 September 1975)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Helen-Donath.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Helen-Donath.png 449w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Helen-Donath-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><figcaption>Helen Donath (born 10 July 1940)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Domine Deus (<em>Mass in c minor<\/em>, K.427). Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-768x995.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-1186x1536.jpeg 1186w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-1581x2048.jpeg 1581w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-1600x2072.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jessye-scaled.jpeg 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption>Jessye Norman (15 September 1945 \u2013 30 September 2019)&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Ah, il gioir sorpassa in noi (<em>Idomeneo<\/em>). Heather Harper, Jessye Norman, Colin Davis, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI [live Roma 25 March 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-1600x2134.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colinoscopy-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Grand Gala du Disque Klassiek . Collin Davis\n*6 oktober 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Haitink.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Haitink.png 762w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Haitink-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption>Bernard Haitink (born 4 March 1929)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler: Ach, Bruder, lieber Bruder mein! (from <em>Hochzeitsst\u00fcck<\/em>, Part Three of <em>Das klagende Lied<\/em>). Heather Harper, Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouworkest, Groot Omroepkoor [1973]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Boulez-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Boulez-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Boulez-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Boulez-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Boulez-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Boulez.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Pierre Boulez (26 March 1925 \u2013 5 January 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maurice Ravel, Tristan Klingsor: L\u2019indiff\u00e9rent (<em>Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em>, M.41\/3). Heather Harper, Pierre Boulez, BBC Symphony Orchestra [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamburger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamburger.jpg 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamburger-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption>Paul Hamburger (03 September 1920\u2013 11 April 2004)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Alfred Mombert: Nun ich der Riesen St\u00e4rksten (<em>Vier Lieder<\/em>, Op. 2\/3). Heather Harper, Paul Hamburger [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Practicing-1977.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Practicing-1977.png 826w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Practicing-1977-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Practicing-1977-768x744.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anton Webern, Hildegard Jone: Kleiner Fl\u00fcgel Ahornsamen (<em>Cantata No. 1<\/em>, Op. 29). Heather Harper, Gary Bertini, English Chamber Orchestra [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bertini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bertini.jpg 436w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bertini-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption>Gary Bertini (01 May 1927 \u2013 17 March 2005)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marguerite.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marguerite.jpg 451w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marguerite-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9: Marguerite!&#8230; Anges purs, anges radieux (<em>Faust<\/em>). Heather Harper, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live 1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Singing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Singing.jpg 980w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Singing-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Singing-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: O worse than death, indeed&#8230; Angels ever bright and fair (<em>Theodora<\/em>). Heather Harper, Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Big-Hair-Autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Big-Hair-Autograph.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Big-Hair-Autograph-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anton Webern, Rainer Maria Rilke: Du machst mich allein (<em>Zwei Lieder nach Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke<\/em>, Op. 8-2). Heather Harper, Pierre Boulez, Instrumental Ensemble [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dallapiccola.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dallapiccola.jpg 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dallapiccola-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption>Luigi Dallapiccola (03 February 1904 \u2013 19 February 1975)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Luigi Dallapiccola, Alcaeus (translated Salvatore Quasimodo): Ma d\u2019intrecciate corolle (<em>Sex Carmina Alcaei<\/em>, No. 4). Heather Harper, Frederik Prausnitz, English Chamber Orchestra [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meredith-Davies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meredith-Davies.jpg 715w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meredith-Davies-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><figcaption>Meredith Davies &nbsp;(30 July 1922 \u2013 9 March 2005)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, George Bernanos: Father, there is nothing small or unimportant (<em>The Dialogues of the Carmelites<\/em>). Heather Harper, Otakar Kraus, Meredith Davies, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live 14 October 1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ellen-Orford.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ellen-Orford.jpg 691w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ellen-Orford-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Montagu Slater: Embroidery in childhood (<em>Peter Grimes<\/em>). Heather Harper, Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live Royal Albert Hall 03 September 1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Wagner-Bayreuth-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Wagner-Bayreuth-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Wagner-Bayreuth-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Wagner-Bayreuth-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-Wagner-Bayreuth.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Du \u00c4rmste kannst wohl nie ermessen (<em>Lohengrin<\/em>). Heather Harper, Grace Hoffman, Rudolf Kempe, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele [live 30 July 1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mittelmann-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mittelmann-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mittelmann-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mittelmann-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mittelmann.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption>Norman Mittelmann (25 May 1932 \u2013 17 March 2019) as Mandryka<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hoffmansthal: Der Richtige, wenns einen gibt f\u00fcr mich&#8230; Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein (<em>Arabella<\/em>). Heather Harper, Norman Mittelmann, Horst Stein, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live Buenos Aires 23 October 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Horst-Stein.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7587\" width=\"559\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Horst-Stein.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Horst-Stein-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><figcaption>Horst Stein (02 March 1928 \u2014 27 July 2008)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tippett.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tippett.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tippett-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Michael Tippett (2 January 1905 \u2013 8 January 1998)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett: Years back, when I first brought you to these lands (<em>The Ice Break<\/em>). Heather Harper, Sanford Sylvan, David Atherton, London Sinfonietta [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bedford-1024x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bedford-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bedford-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bedford-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bedford.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Steuart Bedford (31 July 1939 \u2013 15 February 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Paul Verlaine: Sagesse (<em>Quatre chansons fran\u00e7aises<\/em>, No. 2). Heather Harper, Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Walton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Walton.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Walton-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption>William Walton (29 March 1902 \u2013 8 March 1983)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>William Walton, Anonymous Text: Wapping Old Stairs (<em>A Song for the Lord Mayor\u2019s Table<\/em>, No. 3). Heather Harper, Paul Hamburger [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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-1969.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-1969.png 826w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-1969-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper-1969-768x744.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Mayrhofer: Nachtviolen, D.752. Heather Harper, Paul Hamburger [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segerstam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segerstam.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segerstam-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption>Leif Segerstam (born 02 March 1944)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leif Segerstam, Walt Whitman: Lingering last drops (<em>Three Leaves of Grass<\/em>, No. 2) Heather Harper, Walter S\u00fcsskind [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JSQ-and-WW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7586\" width=\"667\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JSQ-and-WW.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JSQ-and-WW-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption>John Shirley-Quirk (28 August 1931 \u2013 7 April 2014) and William Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederick Delius, Walt Whitman: Sweet are the blooming cheeks (<em>Idyll<\/em>) Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Meredith Davies, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers-1600x1000.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Heather-in-the-Flowers.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;I ascend, I float to the regions of your love,<br>All is over and long gone, but love is not over.&#8221;  \u2013 Walt Whitman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 89. 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