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Musicians, conductors and orchestras receive both criticism and compliments for their work – it’s all part of the musician’s life. While each is b...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :32
With all the wonderful music Gershwin wrote in a short period of time, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet wonders why many people still ask if his music i...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :19
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has an all-Gershwin CD includes the well known Piano Concerto and Rhapsody in Blue. It also contains Gershwin’s “Varia...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :26
Mark O’Connor’s “Americana Symphony” is largely based on the melody from his best known composition, “Appalachia Waltz.” He believes America’s ear...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :23
One thing you might notice in conductor Mark Elder’s recordings of British music is his choice of tempo. By British and recording standards, they ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :27
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The traditional view is that the s...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 1
You may have heard about a situation involving a famous soprano who, despite the impeccability of her singing and artistry, was fired by an opera c...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :25
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The tradition and traditional view...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :19
Pianist Yuja Wang plays the monumental – some might even call it “larger than life" – Piano Sonata by Liszt on her debut CD. Historically, the Son...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :25
Does the conventional language used to discuss race actually impede our attempts to reach mutual understanding? We discuss the language of race wit...
Bought by KWMR, WGBH Radio Boston, and WTIP
- Added: Feb 09, 2010
- Length: 27:45
- Purchases: 3
Composer Igor Stravinsky did not necessarily want us to hear or feel emotion in his music. According to conductor Charles Dutoit, Stravinsky was a...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
Everyone has a view on the "youth of today," including conductor Charles Dutoit. When it comes to today's youth, he's not a grouch, but he would l...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 1
Shostakovich is an important part of Paavo Jarvi's repertoire. Although the composer's music often tells the story of Russian history and politics...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
The musical heights reached by Beethoven stretch even higher when you consider the enormous physical challenges he overcame, from total deafness to...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :25
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
- Added: Oct 08, 2008
- Length: 03:34
The political difficulties that ruled the life of Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich were more than just minor aggravations. His refusal to fol...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :27
- Added: Aug 06, 2008
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
One of the most talked about musicians these days is Dutch violinist Janine Jansen. Riccardo Chailly conducted an early recording of hers that fea...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :29
An Alternate Take on Drugs and Baseball
Bought by KCRW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: 06:23
- Purchases: 3
You may know Leopold Stokowski as a conductor and for his role in the Disney classic, Fantasia. He was also an organist on a mission to bring grea...
- Added: Feb 27, 2008
- Length: :21
Robert Schumann is universally recognized as a great pianist and composer of piano music. Cellist Steven Isserlis is a big Schumann fan, and he re...
- Added: Feb 26, 2008
- Length: :19
The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are the cellist's bible and yet their existence is shrouded in mystery. Cellist Steven Isserlis is happy to specula...
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: :22
What makes a composer's music resonate with the audience? Composer John Adams offers a starting point to this ultimately unanswerable question. U...
Bought by WETS and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 2
"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :29
