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Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Getting to Carnegie)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

For the Canadian Brass, their dream to play in Carnegie Hall came true in part because the players happily did something most musicians avoid, or d...

Added: Nov 29, 2008
Length: :22

Virtuoso Voices - Sir James Galway (Crossover Economics)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

It is, or was at one time, classical music’s forbidden word – or act: "Crossover"... playing music that's not 100% classical. Flutist, Sir James ...

Added: Nov 28, 2008
Length: :26

Virtuoso Voices - Lang Lang (My Way)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you've ever seen the pianist Lang Lang play, you know he performs with great animation and enormous, physical gusto. Here's a little background...

Added: Nov 01, 2008
Length: :24

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Resist Perfection)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Performers, their teachers and their audience demand perfection. Since perfection really can't be achieved, that puts musicians in a compromising ...

Added: Nov 01, 2008
Length: :26

Virtuoso Voices - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Awkward Schubert)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Myung-Whun Chung (Listen and Conduct)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Finnish Rock)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Marin Alsop (Good Job)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Emanuel Ax (Clapping Wanted)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Herbert Blomstedt (Separate but Equal)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Structure 2

From: Ivan Ferrer Orozco

Contemporary music for ensemble

Added: May 08, 2007
Length: 03:14

Modeles, sonata for bass clarinet and piano

From: Ivan Ferrer Orozco

Contemporary music for bass clarinet and piano

Added: May 08, 2007
Length: 08:58

Die spanische Trilogie (The spanish Trilogy)

From: Ivan Ferrer Orozco

Contemporary music for ensemble

Added: May 08, 2007
Length: 10:12

Chain (structure 5)

From: Ivan Ferrer Orozco

Contemporary music for ensemble

Added: May 08, 2007
Length: 09:00

Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah 360)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Tchaikovsky is Star Wars)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Leila Josefowicz (Shostakovich the Movie)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Alexander Kobrin (Brahms' Paganini Demon)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Walton's Henry V)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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