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Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Classical Huddle)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," calls for three choruses, eight vocal soloists and a massive orchestra. Despite th...

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Return Engagement)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Bach's Goldberg Variations – now there's a piece of music where we could have a practically endless conversation, starting with the first few notes...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Not Harsh or Bare)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Harpist Catrin recorded the Bach Goldberg Variations. Musical purists will likely raise some type of fuss over the "Goldbergs" being played on the...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Her Royal Harpness)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
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
The Needle Drop: Yo La Tengo and HEALTH
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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This week, Yo La Tengo play some popular songs.

Bought by WSLR, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 56:25
  • Purchases: 5
Branford Marsalis on NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock’s classic “Headhunters”.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Branford Marsalis explains how NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock's "headhunters" created shockwaves in the Jazz Community.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Getting a Gig at Birdland
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis remembers Joe Glaser getting his band a gig at Birdland.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Piano Queen)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Clara Schumann was ahead of her time -- she was a leading soloist of her day and a composer. Although she's best known as Robert Schumann'...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Man Trouble)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann was quite celebrated as a pianist, but she was also a gifted composer. Today, one her biggest fans is piani...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Laughing Piano)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
George Gershwin could be called a "What If" composer. "What if" he had lived longer than just 39 years, what more would he have written? And, "Wh...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (History Helps)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
Normally, Andrew Litton does not delve too deeply into a composer's life story and history when he prepares to conduct that composer's music. He m...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Getting Away with Gershwin)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
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...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Understanding the Islam
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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We explore what Islam is and what is like to be a Latino muslim

Bought by KALW and KDNA Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 2
Science of Love
From: Christopher Moyer
Series: PsychRadio
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Findings from the "Love Lab."

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Understanding Depression
From: Christopher Moyer
Series: PsychRadio
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Depression is much more than ordinary unhappiness.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio - Steve Early: Embedded With Organized Labor
From: Chris Goldstein
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Longtime journalist and union specialist Steve Early looks to the present and future of American unions

Bought by KSFR and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 08, 2009
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 2
Watts Health Center holds fair for National HIV Testing Day
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28
Procrastination
From: Christopher Moyer
Series: PsychRadio
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How to think about, and change, a common problem.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Sharon Isbin (Strings and Threads)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sharon Isbin
Violinist and composer Mark O'Connor wrote a set of solo violin pieces titled "Strings and Threads." In addition to its absolutely charming and in...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Sharon Isbin (Perfect Match)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sharon Isbin
On her "Journey to the New World" CD, guitarist Sharon Isbin plays both parts on some Renaissance duets, with the help of modern recording technolo...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Sharon Isbin (Greensleeves)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sharon Isbin
Guitarist Sharon Isbin jokes that in a former life, she must have lived during the Renaissance era. Music from the 16th century clearly awakens bo...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
The musical heights reached by Beethoven stretch even higher when you consider the enormous physical challenges he overcame, from total deafness to...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Providence Street Workers
From: George Mesthos
Series: Memories of WBRU
Caption: Street Workers may look fierce but their mission one of friendship and love., Credit: nonviolenceinstitute.org
Just as Gen. David Petraeus was rolling out "soft-power" tactics in Iraq, WBRU News aired this feature on the community end of Providence's communi...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 07:12
It's the Harlem GLOBETROTTERS
From: George Mesthos
Series: Memories of WBRU
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My first major feature (surviving) piece as a member of WBRU Sports way back in 2006. I had the opportunity to cover one of my favorite sports team...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 06:49
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Conducting Made Easy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
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

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