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Series finale. Serge Koussevitzky conducts the London Philharmonic in a breathtaking live performance of Tchaikovsky's Fifth.
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
1950 proved to be conductor Serge Koussevitzky's final year at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony. The season featured four recordi...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Conductor Serge Koussevitzky championed the music of Prokofiev in Russia, France and the United States. We present three of Koussevitzky's greatest...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Bela Bartok lay dying in a New York hospital when Serge Koussevitzky paid him a visit and commissioned a new work. The composer, at least temporari...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Serge Koussevitzky's path-breaking recordings of Tapiola, Pohjola's Daughter and Symphony 7 by Sibelius are featured. Boston Symphony members Harry...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Serge Koussevitzky's passion for American music was unquenchable. We present his peerless recordings of music by Cowell, Hanson, Piston & Copland p...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Tanglewood has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony since 1936, and Serge Koussevitzky made many of his most memorable recordings there. We ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Immortal conductor Serge Koussevitzky traced a 'central line' in the music of the great composers. We present his thoughts on and recordings of sel...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Serge Koussevitzky brought Debussy to Russia for memorable concerts with his orchestra in 1913. We follow the composer's trail to Moscow and St. Pe...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Record producer Charles O'Connell's book provides at intimate portrait of the home life of conductor Serge Koussevitzky and his wife Natalie. Music...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Instrumental color was fundamental to conductor Serge Koussevitzky's art as demonstrated by his recordings of Ravel's Bolero & Mussorgsky's Picture...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Phenomenal maestro Serge Koussevitzky's gifts as an 'animateur' (animator) enliven music by Corelli, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky.
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Legendary conductor Serge Koussevitzky explains the goals he set for himself as incoming Music Director of the Boston Symphony in 1924 and performs...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The Monroe Doctrine on its 200th birthday. Messy American politics in 1823, messy American politics in 2023. And, Cambodia’s Great Lake, the Tonle ...
- Added: Nov 26, 2023
- Length: 58:39
A celebration of soprano Maria Callas's voice, life, and legacy in honor of her centennial.
Bought by WCLV and Interlochen Public Radio
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 2
The United Nations designates October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, promoting empowerment and rights of girls to safe, educated, ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2023
- Length: 03:00
It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so let's recognize their leaders, and raise a glass to the founder of the United Farm Workers. If you’re thinking Ces...
- Added: Sep 21, 2023
- Length: 03:01
A year after SCOTUS banished abortion rights, millions of American women and girls face dire threats to their health and emotional well-being. Twen...
- Added: Sep 10, 2023
- Length: 56:42
Labor Day has been a national holiday since 1894, when President Grover Cleveland signed the law making the first Monday in September a day off for...
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 03:00
Would the Founding Fathers Have Given You the Freedom to Vote?
- Added: Jul 03, 2023
- Length: 01:30
June is Pride Month, and June 28th is Pride Day, marking the unofficial beginning of "Gay Liberation" in 1969 with the Stonewall riots in New York...
- Added: Jun 20, 2023
- Length: 03:00
The annual June Father’s day shopping binge is upon us. Stores are touting the latest gizmos, and everybody loves Dad. All except corporate Ameri...
- Added: Jun 09, 2023
- Length: 02:31
Date-based history modules for broadcast May 15-19, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes
Bought by WYAP
- Added: May 11, 2023
- Length: 13:45
- Purchases: 1
Tune in to the next “Sounds Jewish” for music exploring and celebrating the coming Lag B'Omer holiday.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Tune in to "Sounds Jewish" for Jewish music from around the globe urging us to approach the natural world with gemilut chassadim – or loving kindne...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Apr 21, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
