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Among the many colors, sounds or inflections a clarinetist can draw from their instrument is a sense of nostalgia. That makes the Autumn Song by T...
- Added: Dec 30, 2008
- Length: :32
When the Canadian Brass was looking to add a new trumpet player to the group in 2007, they knew exactly who they wanted for the job. Use this 22 s...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :22
- Added: Nov 07, 2008
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 1
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
To get an orchestra of 60 or 100 players to play like one is the eternal challenge for a conductor. Every orchestra is different but conductor JoA...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :29
Is there an "American sound" when it comes to classical music? Conductor JoAnn Falletta makes this case for Aaron Copland. Use this 25 second cli...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :25
- Added: Oct 08, 2008
- Length: 03:34
When conductor Myung-Whun Chung teaches conducting students how to approach and interpret French music, his lesson consists of three words: "live i...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :27
Composer Alexander Zemlinsky was one of several German composers who ran afoul of the German government in the early 20th century. Conductor James...
- Added: Jul 28, 2008
- Length: :24
Alexander Zemlinsky is one of several early 20th century German composers whose music was suppressed by the Nazis prior to World War Two. Conducto...
- Added: Jul 28, 2008
- Length: :23
Pianist Andre Watts is well-known for playing the most popular and more challenging piano concertos. When he plays these virtuoso showpieces, he t...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :28
Pianist Andre Watts is best known for his command of the most popular and more challenging piano repertoire - sometimes called "warhorses." But he...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :29
One of the most frequently asked questions of musicians is, what does "interpretation" mean: how do you "interpret" music? For pianist Andre Watts,...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :29
Who knows where inspiration truly comes from? It's different for anyone, but inspiration can strike anytime. Conductor Ivan Fischer says Mahler o...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :32
- Added: Jun 05, 2008
- Length: 05:51
Arnold Schoenberg pioneered a composition method and style known as "12-tone music". Melodies and harmonies were created from a predetermined sequ...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :23
There's often a story to the music you hear on your station. Conductor Riccardo Muti says you don't have to know the story to hear and feel what t...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :24
From a bone chilling graveyard scene, to the sound of a heart beat that slows down and finally stops beating, Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata has j...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :23
The soloist faces a number of temptations in the Sibelius Violin Concerto, especially the magical moments at the beginning. For Hilary Hahn, the t...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :27
Like many Russian musicians in the 20th century, Sergei Prokofiev's music was under the direct supervision of the Russian government. Pianist Orli...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :24
A look at the growing campaign against homophobic dancehall songs
Bought by WBHM and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 17, 2008
- Length: 08:25
- Purchases: 2
Willie Nelson's brand new recording of the first song he ever recorded
Bought by WMMT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTMD, Prairie Public, and KSUT
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 5
All performers face numerous pressures, from career choices to wardrobe selection. Young musicians and teenage actors are often pressed to grow up...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :22
Violinist Julia Fischer often finds that she has to defend her age and her generation. The up and coming 24* year old admits she bristles a bit wh...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :29
How much do you need to know and understand to enjoy classical music? Olli Mustonen is best known as a pianist, but he also conducts and composes ...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :25
