Heifetz On Air

Series produced by WTJU

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Each week, "Heifetz On Air" presents captivating performances by Heifetz International Music Institute students, alums, and faculty -- recorded on stage in Staunton and in WTJU's Charlottesville studios.

Each week, "Heifetz On Air" presents captivating performances by Heifetz International Music Institute students, alums, and faculty -- recorded on stage in Staunton and in WTJU's Charlottesville studios.


68 Pieces

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Episode 48: "Winter Dreams"
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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December is here, and with it the nip in the air and the frost in the fields. On this episode we’ll explore some of the best music for the coldest...

Bought by WVTF, KPRG, and WMRA


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 47: Thanks & Prayers
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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As we head into Thanksgiving and the holiday season, we bring you a program of thanks and contemplation, with works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Beetho...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 46: Fantasies and Fairy Tales
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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We’ve got “Fantasies and Fairy Tales” next time on Heifetz On Air, Featuring maidens, monsters, magicians, and more from Mozart, Schumann, Max Bruc...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 45: Mostly Mendelssohn
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This episode features some of the great works by the “Renaissance Man of the Romantic Generation,” Felix Mendelssohn, including the shimmering Octe...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 44 (RPT 13) Heifetz Hear & Now
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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On this episode of Heifetz on Air, we feature performers and performances from the new "Heifetz Hear and Now" concert series, bringing back summer ...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 43: "Spooky Sounds"
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We’ve got music creepy, scary, and maybe even Satanic on this episode of Heifetz On Air, including scary stuff from Shostakovich and more capped of...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 42 (RPT 09): Joy of Bach
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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A celebration of some of the most spirited works of Johann Sebastian Bach, in big concertos and intimate solos, in performance by Heifetz Institute...

Bought by 106.3 WQSV-LP FM and WMRA


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 41 (RPT 06): A Little Romance
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A Little Romance is in the air on today’s program, as Cupid’s arrow shoots its way onto the stages of the Heifetz Institute. We’ll hear a Vivaldi ...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 40: North By Northeast
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To mark the Heifetz Institute’s first New England tour in four years, Heifetz On Air goes “North By Northeast.” This episode features some classic...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
EPISODE 39: "Fridays in the Gallery"
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Highlights from the Heifetz Institute’s free afternoon concert series devoted to solo and chamber works set in the galleries of the Staunton Augus...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 38: Nordic Sounds
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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A program of works both rare and familiar by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and Norwegians Edvard Grieg and Johan Halverson, all presented live in...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 37: "September To Remember!"
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A showcase of some great music moments from the Heifetz summer of 2023, including performances by the Borromeo Quartet of an overlooked Haydn quart...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 36 (Rerun E12) - Cellobration
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On this episode of Heifetz on Air, it’s a Cellobration! Celebrating the cello teachers and players at the Heifetz Institute, in ones, twos, threes...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 35 (Rerun E08): “New Sounds, New Voices”
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An exploration of some of the fresh breezes blowing across the classical music landscape from the multi-talented, multi-national students of the He...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 34: "Schubert: At The Gates of Heaven"
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On this episode a complete performance of Franz Schubert’s so-called “two-cello” string quintet - a piece so sublime that pianist Artur Rubinstein ...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 33: "Serenade - A Bernstein Celebration"
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In this episode, Ilya Kaler is the soloist and David Stern the conductor in an epic performance of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, a...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 32 (Rerun E07): The Classical Style
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“The Classical Style” has been called “the perfect integration of melody, harmony, rhythm, and texture…” exemplified by the works of Haydn, Mozart,...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 31 (Rerun E03): Only @ Heifetz
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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A showcase for some of the inventive premieres, custom arrangements, and other one-of-a-kind performances that routinely happen in HeifetzLand! Fe...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
EPISODE 30: "A Night At the Opera"
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Series: Heifetz On Air
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No singers, no sets, no chorus? No problem! The grandest music from the greatest operas still rings out on the Heifetz stage, thanks to the legio...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 29: Welcome To Heifetz 2023!
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“Welcome to Heifetz 2023.” Fresh performances from the first concerts of the the Heifetz Institute's summer 2023 season. You’ll hear works by Sch...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1