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Up-and-coming performers dream of getting their big break. For harpist Catrin Finch, her big break came with the help of a royal music lover - His...
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: :20
Composer Igor Stravinsky did not necessarily want us to hear or feel emotion in his music. According to conductor Charles Dutoit, Stravinsky was a...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
As the English horn player for the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy says he's been privileged to work with some of the finest conductors from se...
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- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
The challenge to successfully bringing off a virtuoso concerto is as challenging to the conductor as it is to the soloist... well almost as challen...
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- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 1
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is a masterpiece of procrastination. Gershwin barely finished the work in time for the world premiere. In fact...
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- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :24
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There's a lot to hear in George Gershwin's music. Gershwin fan and conductor Andrew Litton says you can enjoy the music on its face or sonic value...
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- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
You may have heard the saying, "familiarity breeds contempt." In the classical music world, conductor Paavo Jarvi says familiarity can sometimes b...
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- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
"Authenticity" became the buzz word for playing Baroque music in the 80's and 90's and the "Authentic Instrument" movement changed the way we now p...
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- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
The thought of playing a Mozart piano concerto is daunting enough. But playing the solo part and conducting the orchestra at the same time seems e...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :25
One of composer Edvard Grieg's best known works is his Piano Concerto. While Grieg speaks on a mostly grand scale in the concerto, Leif Ove Andsne...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :22
Grieg's Piano Concerto has long held its place as an audience favorite and as the calling card for several generations of pianists, including Leif ...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :25
What do you like about Mozart? There are so many things to like – and choose from. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes simply likes all the action. Use thi...
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- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :18
- Purchases: 1
Composer John Corigliano’s father was the concertmaster (1st violinist) with the New York Philharmonic for 23 years, so violin playing and the viol...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
There are two types of people; those who go on vacation and take their work; and those who leave their lap top at home. Composer Carl Nielsen wrot...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :29
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
The young Dutch violinist Janine Jansen is getting a lot of attention for her recordings and concert performances. Riccardo Chailly conducted her ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :26
The Overture to an opera can serve several purposes - it can get the audience in the mood and set the tone for the drama about to unfold. It can a...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :27
Some composers are influenced by other composers and earlier styles and trends. That was surely the case with Jean Sibelius, but conductor Herbert...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :41
With Peer Gynt, composer Edvard Grieg did not write in the big orchestral setting that made Beethoven's symphonies so popular. Conductor Herbert B...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :24
We are exploring the Booker T Washington National Monument in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 12:39
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...
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- Added: Jul 31, 2007
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
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...
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- Added: Jul 31, 2007
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 1
Sergie Rachmaninoff's music has been called everything from sappy and sentimental to over-done romantic gush. Pianist Stephen Hough strongly disag...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 2
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
