Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 92. Blessed Memory (In Memoriam III)
The final episode (for now) in my series commemorating recent deaths in the musical community, this one presents a further group of treasurable (and …
5 years, 1 month ago
Unforgotten (In Memoriam II)
Season 2 Episode 91
We continue our memorial tributes this week with the second of (at least) three episodes commemorating the recent deaths of singers and musicians who…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 90. Gone But Not Forgotten (In Memoriam I)
Christa Ludwig, celebrated two weeks ago, is not the only great singer and musician to have departed this earthly realm in recent months. This episod…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 89. The Radiant Heather Harper
I have dreamed of doing an episode on the great Irish soprano Heather Harper (1930 – 2019) since before I began the podcast. As we we find ourselves …
5 years, 1 month ago
Jorma Hynninen @ 80: A Celebration in Song
Season 2 Episode 88
A month ago the great Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen turned 80, and on May 2, his closest collaborator, the Finnish pianist Ralf Gothóni turned 75. …
5 years, 2 months ago
Christa Ludwig In Memoriam
Season 2 Episode 87
The world of singing sustained an enormous loss a week ago: the death of the great German singer Christa Ludwig on April 24 at the age of 93. A singe…
5 years, 2 months ago
Cathy Berberian’s Second Hand Songs
Season 2 Episode 86
I return to Cathy Berberian, Prima Donna of the Avant Garde (or “The Divine Miss B” as she was sometimes called in the mid-seventies) for a further e…
5 years, 2 months ago
George Shirley @ 87
Season 2 Episode 85
Today I finally get to pay tribute to one of the singers who was a formative influence on me as a budding opera and vocal aficionado. George Shirley,…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 84. Cathy Berberian, Part I: MagnifiCathy
This episode is the first part of a tribute I have been wanting to create for quite some time. It honors the extraordinary artist and musician Cathy …
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 83: Frühlingslieder [Spring Songs]
Dear listeners, it is Easter Sunday. While we are strictly non-sectarian at Countermelody, I did want to offer a program of spring favorites to welco…
5 years, 3 months ago