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We’re one step closer to Episode 500 of Countermelody, and this week, I am doing another preview for Season Eight of the podcast, which will begin in January. Though I did not plan this intentionally when creating my setlist, so much of the music that we are hearing today concerns itself with evening, with night, with the moon, and with dreams. We hear excerpts from operas and operettas like Franz Lehár’s Eva, Eugen d’Albert’s Die toten Augen, Tchaikovsky’s Pique-Dame, Carl Orff’s Antigonae, and Siegfried Wagner’s Schwarzschwanenreich performed by Melitta Muszely, Martha Mödl, Manfred Jung, Wiesław Ochman, Sabine Hass, Yolanda Marcoulescou, and Stefka Evstatieva. We also hear concert music ranging from an Irish folk song sung by Bernadette Greevy; to mélodies sung by Maggie Teyte and Colette Herzog; and songs by intrepid 20th century composers such as Henze, Szymanowski, Shostakovich, Messiaen, and Dallapiccola, performed by Frederick Fuller, Philip Langridge, Galina Pisarenko, and Stefania Woytowicz. Other singers heard on the episode are Françoise Pollet, Aafje Heynis, Erland Hagegård, Janine Micheau, and even your very own intrepid podcast host, in anticipation of next week’s milestone episode, which will feature live archival recordings highlighting my life in music.
Countermelody is the podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and author yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody’s Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.
