PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality

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Caption: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Credit: Grant Leighton
Schubert's Rondo for Violin and Piano is further proof that when it comes to writing a melody, Franz Schubert was in a small league of his own. Th...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: :27
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If you've ever seen a conductor lead an orchestra, you know it's a very physical profession. Conductor Myung-Whun Chung was surprised to learn whi...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: :15
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In classical music, labels and categories can provide a helpful context and entry point to enjoying a composer or composition. But they can also b...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :29
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Approaching the April 16 anniversary of Virginia Tech shootings, this show explores how healing can start to take place after atrocities, near and ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 29:19
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The spoken language of classical music is filled with foreign names and phrases, and even conductors like Marin Alsop find it challenging to be mul...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: :22
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pick-up artists on how getting lucky isn't about luck

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
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For some, proper "decorum," is our connection with decency and doing things in a more civilized way. Pianist Emanuel Ax says there's a little too ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: :29
Caption: Bill Jones
Three Purple Heart recipients talk about how they earned their medals.

Bought by The Story, KUT, KRUA, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 4
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On the surface, it may seem like there is a world of difference between Beethoven's lighter, and light hearted Symphony No. 8 and his monumental Sy...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :20
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Matthew Robinson PhD presents the information in his book Lies Damned Lies and Drug War Statistics- A Critical Look at Claims Made by the ONDCP

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:03:14
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Contemporary music for ensemble

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:14
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Contemporary music for bass clarinet and piano

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 08:58

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 10:12
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Contemporary music for ensemble

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:00
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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
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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
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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
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One person's trash is another person's treasure. Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg readily admits the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto is mostly fluff...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
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Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich spent most of his entire creative life worrying about whether his government was going to send him to jail or...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
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Without question, the beauty and craftsmanship within Brahms "Variations on a Theme by Paganini" are substantial. 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competiti...

Bought by WITF, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 3
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If you have any doubts about the quality and integrity of film music, and the music's ability to stand on its own without the picture, composer Wil...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
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Among his many talents, Charlie Chaplin was also a composer. He wrote the sweet and melancholy song, "Smile." Violinist Leila Josefowicz loves th...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
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Percussionist Evelyn Glennie plays shoeless, but she says it's not to make a fashion or social statement. Use this 30 second clip to introduce any...

Bought by WITF, WEKU, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."

Bought by KZYX, WYSO, WMNF, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 11