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Caption: Orli Shaham, Credit: Photo by Christian Steiner
Being a jack of all trades has its advantages, but as the saying goes, it doesn't necessarily make you a master of anything. A musical exception t...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :22
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Myo Min Aye Win is an 18-yr old living in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
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One of the most talked about musicians these days is Dutch violinist Janine Jansen. Riccardo Chailly conducted an early recording of hers that fea...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :29
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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
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Listening to brass music by Giovanni Gabrieli is a lesson in rich harmonies and inventive melodies. Gabrieli's music is also a lesson in sound, as...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
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Trumpet players thank their lucky stars every day for Telemann and Purcell. In their day, they added dozens of new works to the repertoire. When ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :23
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Before composers recognized the trumpet's capabilities as a solo instrument, it was mostly used to add reinforcement to the main musical themes and...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :25
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The amount of new music for the Brass Quintet has grown considerably. But this is a relatively recent development. Trumpet player Rolf Smedvig sa...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :24
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The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra goes conductor-less. Multiple players lead the orchestra in any given piece. When they're joined by a soloist, like...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: :28
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As material costs rise, salvage becomes an attractive option

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Dave Brubeck reflects on the importance of jazz and foreign relations

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


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 20
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Today's movie stars and star athletes have it rough, between the paparazzi, critics, reporters and all the others who sit and judge. It's not a ne...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: :26
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The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra plays to the beat of a different conductor - they don't have one. Each member is a conductor or a "leader" as they p...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: :22
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The cynical judgment often leveled against Vivaldi is he wrote the same concerto 100 times. Vivaldi fans respond to that charge with varying degre...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
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Would you like to know how to cut your gas bills, not just for today but three and four years from now?

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Mar 18, 2008
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Searching for African American ancestors is not easy

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:28
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In Beethoven's 6th Symphony, known as his "Pastoral" Symphony, each movement depicts a very specific moment in nature, from a scene by a brook to a...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: :22
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There's lots of talk about the health coverage crisis - but the real crisis is that there aren't enough doctors to go around - a report from North ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
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An indepth look at the writer's strike and who it effects.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:18
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With the U.S. economy in crisis, German investors wonder how a recession would affect their markets.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:08
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A recipe for beets in yogurt.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
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A recipe for apple gingerbread cake

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
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The Silk Road Tour is cellist Yo-Yo Ma's ongoing quest to discover the cultural connections covering the large swath of land between the Mediterran...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :32
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A conversation with badass Emma and a look at the work of the NRC's report on the Army corps levees.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Dec 14, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4