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Episode 249. Gavin Carr Introduces Heinrich Rehkemper (Listeners’ Favorites)
March 11, 2024

This months series of Listeners Favorites continues with the baritone Heinrich Rehkemper (1894-1949), presented to you today by my dear friend, the esteemed conductor Gavin Carr, who is the very per

Episode 248. Thomas Bagwell Introduces Bernard Kruysen (Listeners’ Favorites)
March 08, 2024

One of my best and truest friends in the business is the phenomenal pianist, coach, and conductor Thomas Bagwell. Our friendship really developed back in the days when we curated a series of recitals

Episode 247. Sarah Pillow Introduces Eileen Farrell (Listeners’ Favorites)
March 05, 2024

My dear friend and colleague soprano Sarah Pillow introduces one of her favorite Countermelody programs, which I repost as the first of this months Listeners Favorites episodes. Since Sarah is herse

Episode 246. Previn Moore Introduces Camilla Williams and Janet Williams (Listeners’ Favorites)
February 28, 2024

As the final entry in this years Black History Month episodes, my dear friend Previn Moore introduces his Listeners' Favorites choice, an episode I published in the early months of Countermelody back

Episode 245. Tell It to the World – Germany
February 27, 2024

Here is the second of a two part series in celebration of David Savrans new book, Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad, a monumental study on transnationalism and the Broadway-style musi

Episode 244. Veronica Tyler (BHM 2024)
February 23, 2024

This Countermelody episode is the last in my miniseries featuring artists from Baltimore. It is also the last in my new episodes for Black History Month 2024 featuring Forgotten Divas. Today I offer

Episode 243. Ethel Ennis (BHM 2024)
February 21, 2024

Todays Forgotten Diva takes us outside of the realm of opera and into the rich musical field of jazz. I have been in musical heaven the past few days as Ive been savoring the output of the great E

Episode 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (Listeners’ Favorites IX)
February 19, 2024

This week I present a Countermelody mini-series paying tribute to three great African American artists who were born in Baltimore. First up is the eclectic, versatile, and prodigiously talented Damon

Episode 241. Tell It to the World: Korea
February 16, 2024

Last month Oxford University Press published my dear friend David Savrans Tell It to the World, a monumental study on transnationalism and the Broadway-style musical. The book focuses on two specific

Episode 240. Annabelle Bernard (BHM 2024)
February 15, 2024

Last week we celebrated the 97th birthday of our Ur-Diva, Leontyne Price. And today, continuing my Black History Month 2024 theme of Forgotten Divas, I present to you a Verdi soprano of similar repe