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Claude Debussy's music helped define the impressionist movement in music. The fuzzy borders and pastel swashes of color that Monet and Cezanne bro...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :24
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
When British conductor Mark Elder wants to give his orchestra some directions for tempo and inflection, his native language falls short... especial...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :24
There's a lot going on in Bach – beautiful melodies, complex, and at times conflicting harmonies and intricate rhythms – all happening simultaneous...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :26
Although we primarily think of Bach as a composer and the ultimate keyboard player, he also played the violin. Hilary Hahn has been playing Bach t...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
If you ever played piano, chances are you played at least one of the Two or Three-Part Inventions by Bach. Pianist Till Fellner says part of their...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
Olli Mustonen is one of the few pianists who plays Rachmaninoff’s massive Piano Sonata No. 1. It’s typical Rachmaninoff: technically challenging, ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :27
It started out as the slow movement for a string quartet, but with the help of a major film, and its presence at prominent national events, Samuel ...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
The New York Philharmonic commissioned composer John Adams to write a new work for the first anniversary of 9/11. Instead of writing music for tho...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
Swedish composer Carl Nielsen offers us a vast range of musical colors and tapestries. The music can be beautiful and entertaining, but conductor ...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
"Give 100 percent": that old saying and sports mantra has lost some of its meaning over time, but it's an approach and mentality that's still work...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
Many elements, obvious and not so obvious, distinguish one instrument from the other. But the one thing that makes playing a percussion instrument...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :22
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :26
One of the highpoints of Gustav Mahler's epic symphony – his Symphony No. 8, is a scene in the second part* of the Symphony. Three sopranos each t...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :28
Harpist Catrin recorded the Bach Goldberg Variations. Musical purists will likely raise some type of fuss over the "Goldbergs" being played on the...
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: :25
Up-and-coming performers dream of getting their big break. For harpist Catrin Finch, her big break came with the help of a royal music lover - His...
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: :20
There's a lot to hear in George Gershwin's music. Gershwin fan and conductor Andrew Litton says you can enjoy the music on its face or sonic value...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
Andrew Litton is not the first, and probably not the last to say his big career break came when he saw Leonard Bernstein conduct for the first time...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 03:06
- 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
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
The thought of playing a Mozart piano concerto is daunting enough. But playing the solo part and conducting the orchestra at the same time seems e...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :25
Grieg's Piano Concerto has long held its place as an audience favorite and as the calling card for several generations of pianists, including Leif ...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :25
The Duetto for String Bass, Clarinet and Orchestra was written by Giovanni Bottesini, one of the greatest bass players of the 19th century. Since ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :26
