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The days of men ruling the brass instrument world are mostly over. More women are playing trumpets, trombones and French horns in high school band...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :26
Jingle Bells – what could be more familiar at Christmas time? Arranger Howard Cable made a new version of Jingle Bells that Canadian Brass tuba pl...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :20
Everybody deserves a break, and every tuba player should get to shine now and then. Normally, the tuba holds up the base line part of the musical ...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :25
It is not only the people from away who ask silly questions
Bought by Prairie Public, KMXT, KMXT, Prairie Public, WTIP and more
- Added: May 26, 2008
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 6
The Canadian Brass knows their way around holiday music – they've made numerous holiday recordings in their 30 plus years. They're the first to ad...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :21
Holiday music recordings are a dime a dozen, with a few exceptions. Some really stand out, but all holiday recordings, with or without creative me...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :24
The Canadian Brass has dozens of holiday music recordings – in their most recent holiday CD, they continue their tradition of giving some familiar ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :21
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is a staple of the holiday season, and conductor Erich Kunzel says the music is that perfect mix of heart and skill. Use ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :18
Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops recorded the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Although it's a staple of the holiday season, conductor Erich Kunzel ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :18
We know that personal and artistic insecurities often accompanied Tchaikovsky's daily composing activities. Conductor Erich Kunzel says there's pl...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :15
What makes Handel and Handel's Messiah so powerful and magnificent? That may seem like a question with no complete answer or a long list of answer...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 30, 2006
- Length: :33
- Purchases: 3
Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 3
There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...
Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 5
Some of America's earliest classical music came from the Moravians, a German Protestant sect, who settled in isolated regions of Pennsylvania and N...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 3
