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Cellist Lynn Harrell, like all serious musicians, dedicates himself to the music and it's composer. What sets him apart from some other musicians ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 2
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Everyone has their favorite piece of music. For Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, it has always been the Brahms Violin Concerto. Her challenge ...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
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Where have all the young people gone? Surprise! Some, at least, are at classical music concerts. That's one encouraging trend pianist Jean-Yves ...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 2
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Each instrument, whether it's the oboe or the triangle, has its own distinctive quality or quirk -- the one element that makes it different from an...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: :34
  • Purchases: 2
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What really motivated Sibelius to write his Violin Concerto? Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg says he wrote this "ridiculously, unnecessarily aw...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
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The cello is an upside down violin planted in the ground -- so says cellist Lynn Harrell. That makes the instrument the perfect foil for some tast...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 2
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Roy Goodman offers his respect for trumpet players who play those stratospheric high notes in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto Number 2, but points out ...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
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In our eternal quest to find a brilliant summary of Mozart's contribution to classical music and the world at large, here is Roy Goodman. The Brit...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: :34
  • Purchases: 4
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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...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
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In this program we look at the closing off of a Land Grant easment by Jack Taylor, the decision in this will set precedent for land rights all over...

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM


  • Added: Oct 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
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A vox pop piece about the wonders of senior high school prom

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
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body narrative/dating a bird/short story written on the night shift

  • Added: Oct 09, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
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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...

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  • 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...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 3
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Gershwin's "An American In Paris" captures both the American spirit and the bustling, jazzy sounds of Paris in the 1920's. Conductor Andrew Litton...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2006
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 2
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Actor and Director Charlie Chaplin wrote all the music for his films, and "Modern Times" (1936) contains his most enduring music, specifically the ...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 3
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The ideal job is one that's also your favorite hobby. Conductor Andrew Litton says making music is both his job and his passion - and both come wi...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: :27
  • 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...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :33
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What kind of composer was Franz Liszt? He was "lady slayer" composer according to conductor Andrew Litton. In this clip, the conductor talks abou...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :36
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All her life, Evelyn Glennie dreamed of becoming a solo percussionist, with the ardent support of family and friends. When it came time to make he...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2006
  • Length: :32
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While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: :29
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The teenage violinist Gil Shaham was well on his way to a promising career, when one day he received a surprise opportunity that immediately change...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
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Tejidos Culturales is a cultural series looking at the San Luis Valley. This program is the 2nd part looking at the Chicano Movement.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Marc Steiner's personal essay of the trip he organized with three veterans to return to Vietnam 30 years after the fall of Saigon.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Cultural Program focussing on the Chicano Movement in the San Luis Valley, CO.

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 2