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Virtuoso Voices - Michael Torke (Title Trouble)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Choosing a title for a new piece of music can be as tough as writing the very first note. Composer Michael Torke tries to avoid titles that push l...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Torke (Javelin)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Like many composers Michael Torke worries about coming up with the right titles for his music. When he wrote "Javelin," he wondered if the title m...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Seasonal Expert)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Rare Sibelius)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Although Jean Sibelius is best known for his symphonies and his violin concerto, he also dabbled in the world of short piano pieces. Olli Mustonen...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Chopin's Legendary Ballades)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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 - Cho-Liang Lin (Mozart in Sync)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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It may sound like Mozart is easy to play, but just about any performer will grimace and tell you his music is about as tough as it gets. In the Vi...

Bought by WHRV and WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Brahms Tight Space)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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It's always tempting to fill up your plate at the Sunday buffet table or at the salad bar. You know you can go back for seconds... or even thirds....

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (British Invasion)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Why does a composer write music the way they do? Jennifer Higdon says influences come from just about anywhere, and the road to becoming a classic...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Chopin for Last)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The "People's Favorite": pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the universal popularity and mood altering music by Chopin. It's like "dessert" -- wh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Beethoven's Lab)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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While some might say Beethoven is best known for his 9th Symphony, or the famous first four notes of his Symphony Number 5, pianist Garrick Ohlsson...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Polish Hero)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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They "contain canons buried in flowers." "Pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the mixed messages contained within the Chopin Polonaises for piano....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Bach's B-5 Shocker)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The idea of a keyboard instrument being a soloist in a concerto is obvious to us today, but in Bach's time, the keyboard usually played politely in...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 2
Soundbank Funders - Richard Stoltzman (Power in Music)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
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For your Fundraising campaign, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman reminds your listeners of the power of music. He adds that "finding music that appeal...

Bought by KTXK, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 28
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Rhapsody Redefined)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Play it Slow)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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"Asturias" is one of those rhythmically passionate Spanish guitar pieces you've heard a hundred times, but may not know by name. But when you've h...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (What Kind of Man?)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What makes Handel and Handel's Messiah so powerful and magnificent? That may seem like a question with no complete answer or a long list of answer...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Bach Never Compromised)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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 ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2