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- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 2
There's an old saying that says it's not the destination, but the journey that counts. In the case of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, pianist Ema...
- Added: Feb 29, 2008
- Length: :26
March is Bach's birthday month - and while there are plenty of sounds to celebrate, pianist Murray Perahia also likes to celebrate the spirit in th...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :21
Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Simone Dinnerstein's recording of the Goldberg Variations by Bach (Telarc 80692).
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :26
Although pianist Murray Perahia plays music that's 2 to 3 hundred years old, he'll be the first to tell you listening to classical music isn't alwa...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :22
When it comes to interpreting the Goldberg Variations, many view the 1955 Glenn Gould recording as the gold standard. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein h...
- Added: Feb 27, 2008
- Length: :21
Usual approaches to solving homelessness do not work for youths who are find themselves homeless.
- Added: Feb 16, 2008
- Length: 04:45
In Washington State a battle over consitutional rights surrounding Plan Ba rages on. This is currently on a one-way road for the Supreme Court.
- Added: Feb 16, 2008
- Length: 03:41
- Added: Jan 21, 2008
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 1
Finding ways to keep music fresh is a performing musician's ongoing challenge, especially with a work they've played hundreds of times. Cellist Yo...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :28
It's a long road to establish a career in music, much less going on to become a major player. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers these guidelines for what mu...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :27
Two years ago, 166 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. Two years out, one man is trying hard--perhaps too hard...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT-HD
- Added: Dec 10, 2007
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Nov 02, 2007
- Length: 14:25
The word "spiritual" continues to have a wide range of applications when discussing religion and the 21st century lifestyle. Conductor Herbert Blo...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :23
Some composers are influenced by other composers and earlier styles and trends. That was surely the case with Jean Sibelius, but conductor Herbert...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :26
- Added: Oct 20, 2007
- Length: 24:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 08, 2007
- Length: 05:00
The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :23
- Added: Sep 22, 2007
- Length: 06:47
- Purchases: 2
One-hundred thousand Chinese immigrated to America during the second half of the nineteenth century. They first came as miners during the Californi...
- Added: Aug 06, 2007
- Length: 03:12
Violinist Gil Shaham says Prokofiev "never wrote a bad note." But in Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata, Shaham is drawn more to the Sonata's back st...
Bought by WITF
- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
Some say the perfect job is the one that's also your hobby or first love. Violinist Joshua Bell makes his living playing the violin, but it's more...
Bought by KUHF, North State Public Radio, KENW, WCVE, KALW and more
- Added: Apr 02, 2007
- Length: :17
- Purchases: 7
While Alan Hovhaness' music has a distinct and recognizable sound and texture, it's the sum of many different cultures and nationalities. Harpist ...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: :35
- Purchases: 2
Four social activists talk about why a day of service is the wrong way to honor Martin Luther King.
Bought by PRX Remix, WSLR, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KVMR
- Added: Feb 08, 2007
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 4
In this program we look at racial profiniling in the valley and beyond, historicly and currently.
Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KRFC
- Added: Jan 01, 2007
- Length: 29:08
- Purchases: 2
