PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring
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America is the great melting pot -- it's true. But so is Hungary, which has the historical distinction of being occupied by many different countri...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :29
Who knows where inspiration truly comes from? It's different for anyone, but inspiration can strike anytime. Conductor Ivan Fischer says Mahler o...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :32
You've heard the saying "you can't judge a book by its cover." When it comes to Bach, Emerson String Quartet violinist, Eugene Drucker likes to as...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :26
To those who might think that string quartets lack the pizzazz of the orchestral repertoire and the larger orchestral setting, Emerson String Quart...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :26
A chaconne is series of melodic variations played over a repeated sequence of notes and harmonies. One of the most famous chaconnes is heard in th...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :24
Guitarist David Russell has a thing for French music. He likes the freedom. Use this 20 second clip to introduce guitarist David Russell playing ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :20
- Added: Jun 06, 2008
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Drummer along San Francisco Embarcadero plays his homemade drum kit everyday for amazed crowds.
Bought by WILL
- Added: Jun 02, 2008
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: :24
Products are obsolete before you get them out of the wrapping paper
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 29, 2008
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
A creative husband can manifest his love in many unique and wonderful ways
- Added: May 27, 2008
- Length: :31
Pianist Orli Shaham's most recent recording is an all-Mozart disc she made with her brother Gil. She's played Mozart all of her life, and fittingl...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :27
- Purchases: 1
When pianist Orli Shaham walks on stage to perform, she always says the same two words to her musical partner before playing the first note: "Have...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :21
The trouble with cliches is that they tend to lose meaning after the 15th hearing. So instead of saying Mozart brilliantly practiced the art of "l...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :25
Pianist Orli Shaham says Dvorak's music is like a beautiful onion - every time you peel off a layer, or look beyond the surface of the music, you a...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :25
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra goes conductor-less; they determine their musical interpretations amongst themselves. While that approach is somethi...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :21
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
Features w/artists of all stripes celebrating this holiday of freedom.
Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Troy Public Radio, WNIJ and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2008
- Length: 59:10
- Purchases: 13
You may have heard of Brahms' several attempts to write his first symphony as he struggled to come out from behind Beethoven's shadow. Conductor Ma...
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: :22
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
Before becoming the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop held leadership positions with the Long...
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: :24
As one builds and then maintains a career, there's the hope we'll maintain enough of the passion that initially inspired our career choice. It's n...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :22
Willie Nelson's brand new recording of the first song he ever recorded
Bought by WMMT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTMD, Prairie Public, and KSUT
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 5
Features the work of a South Asian Women domestic violence shelter in New York
- Added: Mar 27, 2008
- Length: 05:03
March is Bach's birthday month - and while there are plenty of sounds to celebrate, pianist Murray Perahia also likes to celebrate the spirit in th...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :21
