{"id":8217,"date":"2021-10-03T20:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=8217"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:59:16","slug":"episode-109-bernard-kruysen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/03\/episode-109-bernard-kruysen\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 109. Bernard Kruysen"},"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 109.  Bernard Kruysen: <em>Baryton Martin extraordinaire<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=418-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" 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=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot2-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot2-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot2-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot2.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption>Bernard Kruysen (28 March 1933  \u2013  30 October 2000)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I celebrate the life and artistry of Bernard Kruysen (1933-2000), the Dutch singer whose voice exemplified that now nearly extinct vocal category, the <em>baryton martin<\/em>. I discuss just what constitutes a <em>baryton martin<\/em> and why in his prime Kruysen such was an ideal representative. I also discuss the larger question of the performance of the French art song, the <em>m\u00e9lodie<\/em>, and why Kruysen was also exceptional in this regard, using as an example his 1960s recorded performances of three complete song cycles by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faur\u00e9, and Francis Poulenc. I also feature the artist singing art songs by Schumann and Mussorgsky and works by Bach, Quirinus van Blankenburg, and Jan Mul. The episode also includes tributes to recently departed artists Karan Armstrong (singing Korngold and Menotti) and Carlisle Floyd (in performances of his work by Mary Mills and Norman Treigle).<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hubert-Raidich.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hubert-Raidich.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hubert-Raidich-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption>Hubert Raidich (1885-1979), Bernard Kruysen&#8217;s stepfather, discussed in the episode<\/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:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Karan-Armstrong.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8300\" width=\"458\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Karan-Armstrong.jpg 356w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Karan-Armstrong-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption>Karan Armstrong (14 December 1941 \u2013 28 September 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>Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die alte Laute&#8230; Gl\u00fcck, das mir verblieb (<em>Die tote Stadt<\/em>). Karan Armstrong, James King, Heinrich Hollreiser, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin [live 1983]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Floyd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8301\" width=\"456\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Floyd.jpg 356w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Floyd-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption>Carlisle Floyd (11 June 1926 \u2013 30 September 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlisle Floyd: Ain\u2019t it a pretty night (<em>Susannah<\/em>). Mary Mills, David Robertson [live 2003]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Treigle-Ciggy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8302\" width=\"471\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Treigle-Ciggy.jpg 728w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Treigle-Ciggy-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption>Norman Treigle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlisle Floyd: Man that is born of a woman (<em>Pilgrimage<\/em>, No. 1). Norman Treigle, Werner Torkanowsky, New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [live December 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LaArmstrong.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LaArmstrong.png 385w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LaArmstrong-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gian Carlo Menotti: Nocturne. Karan Armstrong, Helga Storck, Alfred Lutz, Mischa Salevic, Stephan Blaumer, Klaus K\u00fchr [1988]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Poulenc-and-Kruysen-in-Concert-1962.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Poulenc-and-Kruysen-in-Concert-1962.jpg 858w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Poulenc-and-Kruysen-in-Concert-1962-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Poulenc-and-Kruysen-in-Concert-1962-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption>Francis Poulenc and Bernard Kruysen in concert, Monton 1962<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Tristan l\u2019Hermite: La grotte (<em>Trois chansons de France<\/em>, L.115\/2). Bernard Kruysen, Francis Poulenc [live, Festival de Monton 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Verlaine-and-Rimbaud.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Verlaine-and-Rimbaud.jpg 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Verlaine-and-Rimbaud-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Paul Verlaine: <em>Cinq m\u00e9lodies de Venise<\/em>, Op.58 [Mandoline; En sourdine; Green; \u00c0 Clym\u00e8ne; C\u2019est l\u2019extase] Bernard Kruysen, No\u00ebl Lee [1964]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mallarme-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8307\" width=\"602\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mallarme-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mallarme-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption> St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy: <em>Trois po\u00e8mes de St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9<\/em>, F.127 [Soupir; Place futile; \u00c9ventail]. Bernard Kruysen, Jean-Charles Richard [1961]<\/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=\"633\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quirinus-van-Blankenburg-633x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quirinus-van-Blankenburg-633x1024.jpg 633w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quirinus-van-Blankenburg-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quirinus-van-Blankenburg-768x1243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quirinus-van-Blankenburg.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Quirinus van Blankenburg: Je bannis la r\u00eaverie (<em>L\u2019Apologie des Femmes<\/em>). Bernard Kruysen, Sonata da Camera Ensemble [1966]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jan-Mul.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jan-Mul.jpg 426w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jan-Mul-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><figcaption>Jan Mul (20 September 1911 \u2013 30 December 1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan Mul: Lettre de M. l\u2019Abb\u00e9 d\u2019Olivet \u00e0 M. le Pr\u00e9sident Bouhier [excerpt] Bernard Kruysen, Andr\u00e9 Rieu, Limburg Symphony Orchestra [live 6 May 1966]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Winschermann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Winschermann.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Winschermann-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Helmut Winschermann (22 March 1920 \u2013 4 March 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>Johann Sebastian Bach: Endlich will mein Joch (<em>Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen<\/em>, BWV 56\/3. Bernard Kruysen, Helmut Winschermann [oboe], Helmut Kahlh\u00f6fer, Collegium Instrumentale Wuppertal [1965]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot3.png 459w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot3-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine: <em>Der arme Peter<\/em>, Op. 53\/3 [Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum; In meiner Brust, da sitzt ein Weh; Der arme Peter wankt vorbei]. Bernard Kruysen, Jean-Charles Richard [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen.png 582w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann: <em>Sechs Lieder von Nikolaus Lenau<\/em>, Op.90\/1,2: Lied eines Schmiedes; Meine Rose. Bernard Kruysen, Jean-Charles Richard [1964]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lee-in-front-of-affiche.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lee-in-front-of-affiche.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lee-in-front-of-affiche-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>No\u00ebl Lee (December 25, 1924 \u2013 July 15, 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Ivanovich Grekov: \u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0442\u044b, \u0437\u0432\u0435\u0437\u0434\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430 [Where are you, little star?]. Bernard Kruysen, No\u00ebl Lee [1966]<\/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=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1-1453x2048.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edmond-Rostand-1.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><figcaption>Edmond Rostand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Chabrier, Edmond Rostand: Ballade des gros dindons. Bernard Kruysen, Felix de Nobel [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Apollinaire.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Apollinaire.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Apollinaire-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Guillaume Apollinaire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire: <em>Banalit\u00e9s<\/em> [Chanson d\u2019Orkenise; H\u00f4tel; Fagnes de Wallonie, Voyage \u00e0 Paris; Sanglots]. Bernard Kruysen, Jean-Charles Richard [1966] <\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8295\" width=\"554\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot1.jpg 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kruysen-Headshot1-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, Charles d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans: Priez pour paix. Bernard Kruysen, Richard Ram [1978]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 109. Bernard Kruysen: Baryton Martin extraordinaire SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I celebrate the life and artistry of Bernard&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1075,2261,2399,1072,8033,2260,808,2806,2550],"tags":[2777,2414,3280,3289,501,1496,3284,3283,3279,2771,544,588,1968,2195,1197,2252,3285,1617,3278,3286,3276,298,3277,507,2601,3288,3282,2415,2832,3287,548,732,3281,3290],"class_list":["post-8217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-song","category-full-figured-baroque","category-great-baritones","category-in-memoriam","category-johann-sebastian-bach","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-twentieth-century-music","category-voiceless-wonders","tag-banalites-poulenc","tag-bernard-kruysen","tag-carlisle-floyd","tag-charles-dorleans","tag-claude-debussy","tag-die-tote-stadt","tag-edmond-rostand","tag-emmanuel-chabrier","tag-erich-wolfgang-korngold","tag-felix-de-nobel","tag-francis-poulenc","tag-gabriel-faure","tag-gian-carlo-menotti","tag-guillaume-apollinaire","tag-heinrich-heine","tag-heinrich-hollreiser","tag-helmut-kahlhofer","tag-helmut-winschermann","tag-james-king","tag-jan-mul","tag-jean-charles-richard","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-karan-armstrong","tag-mary-mills","tag-modest-mussorgsky","tag-nikolai-ivanovich-grekov","tag-nikolaus-lenau","tag-noel-lee","tag-norman-treigle","tag-quirinus-van-blankenburg","tag-robert-schumann","tag-stephane-mallarme","tag-susannah-floyd","tag-tristan-lhermite"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Bernard-TRIMMED-300x221.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/art-song\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Art Song<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/full-figured-baroque\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Full-Figured Baroque<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/great-baritones\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Baritones<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/in-memoriam\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">In Memoriam<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/johann-sebastian-bach\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/music-for-a-world-in-crisis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-music\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voiceless Wonders<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Art Song<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Full-Figured Baroque<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Baritones<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">In Memoriam<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voiceless Wonders<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Banalit\u00e9s (Poulenc)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bernard Kruysen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlisle Floyd<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claude Debussy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Die tote Stadt<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edmond Rostand<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Emmanuel Chabrier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Erich Wolfgang Korngold<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felix de Nobel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francis Poulenc<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gabriel Faure<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gian Carlo Menotti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Guillaume Apollinaire<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinrich Heine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinrich Hollreiser<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helmut Kahlh\u00f6fer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helmut Winschermann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James King<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jan Mul<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean-Charles Richard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Karan Armstrong<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mary Mills<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Mussorgsky<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolai Ivanovich Grekov<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolaus Lenau<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">No\u00ebl Lee<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Norman Treigle<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Quirinus van Blankenburg<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Schumann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Susannah (Floyd)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tristan L\u2019Hermite<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Banalit\u00e9s (Poulenc)<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bernard Kruysen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlisle Floyd<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claude Debussy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Die tote Stadt<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edmond Rostand<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Emmanuel Chabrier<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Erich Wolfgang Korngold<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felix de Nobel<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francis Poulenc<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gabriel Faure<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gian Carlo Menotti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Guillaume Apollinaire<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinrich Heine<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinrich Hollreiser<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helmut Kahlh\u00f6fer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helmut Winschermann<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James King<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jan Mul<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean-Charles Richard<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Karan Armstrong<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mary Mills<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Mussorgsky<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolai Ivanovich Grekov<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolaus Lenau<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">No\u00ebl Lee<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Norman Treigle<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Quirinus van Blankenburg<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Schumann<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Susannah (Floyd)<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tristan L\u2019Hermite<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 8 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 03\/10\/2021","modified":"Updated on 29\/07\/2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 03\/10\/2021 20:29","modified":"Updated on 29\/07\/2025 10:59"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8321,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217\/revisions\/8321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}