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Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Grumpy Players)

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

As talented and exceptionally skilled as today's orchestra musicians may be, there are plenty of living composers whose music still presents a chal...

Bought by WETS

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Kiss of Death)

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

When composer John Adams attends a concert that features his music, he looks forward to hearing what the audience has to say -- as long as they don...

Bought by WETS

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :17
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Hallelujah Junction)

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

What came first, the chicken or the egg -- the music's title or the music itself? Composer John Adams talks about the origin of his extroverted wo...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :27

Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Feelings)

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

What makes a composer's music resonate with the audience? Composer John Adams offers a starting point to this ultimately unanswerable question. U...

Bought by WETS and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Don't Mess Around)

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

"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :29

Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Camp Bruckner)

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

Anton Bruckner's music is out of place, and maybe out of sync in our current fast-paced world. Conductor Bernard Haitink says Bruckner's luxurious...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :24

Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Bruckner's 7th)

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

Anton Bruckner's most popular work is his Symphony No.4, but conductor Bernard Haitink says he's under the spell of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Use...

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :19

Fundraising Voices: Produced Funders - Joshua Bell (Heavenly)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.

For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by KTXK, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF, WSKG and more

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 19

Fundraising Voices: Produced Funders - Joshua Bell (Better Than Words)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.

For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by KTXK, KHNS, New Hampshire Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF and more

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 19

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Don't Worry)

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

Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...

Bought by WITF

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: :22
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (All-Liszt)

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

Composer Franz Liszt is best known as a composer, virtuoso performer and ladies' man. Pianist Stephen Hough says you could also call him an innova...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 31, 2007
Length: :26
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Melody and Words)

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

In a song or aria, what comes first - the melody or the words? It depends on whom you ask. A singer is almost guaranteed to say it's the words. ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 31, 2007
Length: :24
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Chopin's Legendary Ballades)

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

Chopin's Ballades for piano scale some of the hefty dramatic and emotional heights that personify the "romantic" era of composition from the late 1...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 31, 2007
Length: :31
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Sad Songs are Uplifting)

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

Two of violinist Joshua Bell's most recent recordings are devoted to well-known songs and arias that he arranged for violin and piano and violin an...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :17
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Haydn's Children)

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

If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Perfect Violin Concerto)

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

Joshua Bell's relationship with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto goes back more than 35 years. It's not just one of the world's favorite concertos ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :21
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Mozart's Horn)

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

If you're a horn player, Mozart's a likely hero. He wrote four gorgeous concertos for horn plus some shorter solo pieces. Admirers of Mozart's ho...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :33
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Rachmaninoff's Trousers)

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

You don't need to be Russian to play Rachmaninoff, although some well-meaning Russians have been known to make that nationalistic claim. Still, pi...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :32
Purchases: 1

Nerds in New Orleans: No, we're not here for Mardi Gras

From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features

Personal stories of New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina, as found by four young women on spring break from MIT

Bought by KVMR and WXLV-FM

Added: Jul 18, 2007
Length: 24:03
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Chill Out)

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

Somebody always falls asleep at a concert. It's been a long day; the concert is at the end of the day. Maybe the performance is a real "yawner." ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Not Always Sweet)

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

Yolanda Kondonassis is an advocate for harp music new and old. When she lobbies today's composers, she encourages them to both appreciate and thin...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Maurizio Pollini (Mozart not Muzak)

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

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 is very well known, primarily because of its Second Movement. Besides the concert hall and CD, you're also likely to...

Bought by WHRV and WITF