{"id":7545,"date":"2021-06-13T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T09:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7545"},"modified":"2021-06-13T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T10:30:11","slug":"episode-93-evelyn-lear-sings-sondheim-and-bernstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/13\/episode-93-evelyn-lear-sings-sondheim-and-bernstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 93. Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein"},"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 93.  Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=354-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=\"1014\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Katz-Sondheim-Bernstein-1014x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Katz-Sondheim-Bernstein-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Katz-Sondheim-Bernstein-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Katz-Sondheim-Bernstein-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Katz-Sondheim-Bernstein-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Katz-Sondheim-Bernstein.jpg 1323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I had intended a no-holds-barred Queer Pride extravaganza for this week\u2019s episode, but life got in the way, so I elected to do a more modest, chamber-music-sized celebration instead, which encompasses both the life and artistry of Evelyn Lear, the ninth anniversary of whose death we observe on July First. Her 1980 release <em>Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein<\/em>, recorded in collaboration with her most frequent recital partner, pianist Martin Katz, finds this artist lending her distinctive voice, style, and interpretive flair to ten songs by these two composers, who are seen today as, among other things, queer icons. I round out the episode with performances by Evelyn Lear and her husband Thomas Stewart, of songs by a number of other composers (Schubert, Hahn, Tchaikovsky, Copland and Foster) who are, by my assessment at least, also guiding beacons for the queer community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" 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=\"624\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Steve-and-Lenny.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Steve-and-Lenny.png 624w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Steve-and-Lenny-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption>Stephen Sondheim (L) and Leonard Bernstein (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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: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=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evelyn-combs-her-hair-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evelyn-combs-her-hair-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evelyn-combs-her-hair-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evelyn-combs-her-hair-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evelyn-combs-her-hair.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein: Who Am I? (<em>Peter Pan<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [1980]<\/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=\"739\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Zavel-I.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Zavel-I.png 739w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Zavel-I-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><figcaption>Zavel Kwartin (1874 &#8211; 1952), Evelyn Lear&#8217;s grandfather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional: T\u2019zur Yisroel. Zavel Kwartin, Unknown organist and chorus [1908]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional: Song from the Crimea. Nina Quartin, Unknown pianist [1930s]<\/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=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Blitzstein-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Blitzstein-Cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Blitzstein-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Blitzstein-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Blitzstein: Nickel Under the Foot (<em>The Cradle Will Rock<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Marc Blitzstein [1956]<\/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=\"583\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JJ.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JJ.jpg 583w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JJ-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: Oh, Heart of Love (<em>Johnny Johnson<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Orchestra conducted by Samuel Matlowsky [1956]<\/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=\"589\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Pan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Pan.jpg 589w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Pan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Pan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein: My House (<em>Peter Pan<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [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=\"512\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Stately.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Stately.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Stately-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: I Can Cook, Too (<em>On the Town<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [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=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-LB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-LB.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-LB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-LB-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: Some Other Time (<em>On the Town<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [1980]<\/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=\"767\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evvie-Glamorous.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evvie-Glamorous.png 767w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Evvie-Glamorous-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: Lonely Town (<em>On the Town<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [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=\"600\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-MTT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-MTT.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-MTT-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OTT-MTT-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: Carnegie Hall Pavane (<em>On the Town<\/em>) Evelyn Lear, Marie McLaughlin, Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices [1993]<\/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=\"568\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder.jpg 568w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Ives: Tom Sails Away. Evelyn Lear, Alan Mandel [1971]<\/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=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Romantische-Duette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Romantische-Duette.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Romantische-Duette-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Mignon und der Harfner [Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt], D. 877\/4. Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Erik Werba [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The following recordings are from these magnificent VAI releases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-1-1014x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-1-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-1-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folder-1.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reynaldo Hahn, Charles d&#8217;Orl\u00e9ans: Quand je fus pris au pavillon. Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [live, ca. 1975]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mummy-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mummy-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mummy-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mummy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mummy-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mummy.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky, Aleksey Apukhtin: \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043b\u0438 \u0446\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0442 [Does the day reign?], Op. 47\/6<\/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=\"626\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copland-and-Bernstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copland-and-Bernstein.jpg 626w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copland-and-Bernstein-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><figcaption>Aaron Copland (R) and Leonard Bernstein (L)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Aaron Copland: I Bought Me a Cat (Old American Songs). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [live, ca. 1975]\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Victor-Kraft.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Victor-Kraft.png 550w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Victor-Kraft-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Aaron Copland&#8217;s beautiful younger lover, the violinist and photographer<br>Victor Kraft (1915 &#8211; 1976), as photographed by Cecil Beaton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"612\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Sondheim.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Sondheim.jpg 612w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bernstein-Sondheim-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: Green Finch and Linnet Bird (<em>Sweeney Todd<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [1980]<\/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=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Perkins-and-Carr-in-Evening-Primrose.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Perkins-and-Carr-in-Evening-Primrose.jpg 773w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Perkins-and-Carr-in-Evening-Primrose-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Perkins-and-Carr-in-Evening-Primrose-768x1017.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><figcaption>Anthony Perkins and Charmian Carr in Stephen Sondheim&#8217;s 1966 TV musical <em>Evening Primrose<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: I Remember (<em>Evening Primrose<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [1980]<\/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=\"924\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Schoeffler-Lulu-1962.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Schoeffler-Lulu-1962.png 924w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Schoeffler-Lulu-1962-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lear-Schoeffler-Lulu-1962-768x478.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><figcaption>Evelyn Lear and Paul Sch\u00f6ffler in Alban Berg&#8217;s <em>Lulu<\/em>, Wien 1962<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: Could I Leave You? 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Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [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=\"500\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Armfeldt-maybe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Armfeldt-maybe.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Armfeldt-maybe-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>As Fedora in Umberto Giordano&#8217;s opera of the same title, 1977<br>(though doesn&#8217;t she look like she could be costumed for Desiree Armfeldt here?)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: Send in the Clowns (<em>A Little Night Music<\/em>). Evelyn Lear, Martin Katz [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=\"512\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evelyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evelyn.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evelyn-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Foster: Hard Times Come Again No More. Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Erik Werba [1967]<\/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=\"917\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evvy-Ives-Back-Cover-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evvy-Ives-Back-Cover-Photo.png 917w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evvy-Ives-Back-Cover-Photo-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tom-and-Evvy-Ives-Back-Cover-Photo-768x382.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><figcaption>Cat-eyed glamor in an Americana setting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 93. Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I had intended a no-holds-barred Queer Pride 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