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Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (You're Gounded)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Pianist Murray Perahia devoted a number of years to only studying and playing Bach. It was a time of great learning and healing in his life as be ...

Added: Dec 31, 2007
Length: :27

Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Art v Commerce)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

All performers face numerous pressures, from career choices to wardrobe selection. Young musicians and teenage actors are often pressed to grow up...

Added: Dec 31, 2007
Length: :22

Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Quick Connection)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

When you play before an audience, you're focused on reaching the people in the front row all the way to the person sitting in the last seat of the ...

Added: Dec 31, 2007
Length: :21

Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Kiss of Death)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

When composer John Adams attends a concert that features his music, he looks forward to hearing what the audience has to say -- as long as they don...

Bought by WETS

Added: Sep 30, 2007
Length: :17
Purchases: 1

Austin City Limits Festival 2007 Artist Profile: Amy Lavere

From: KUT

A profile of Texas's beauty behind the bass Amy Lavere.

Bought by NPR Illinois

Added: Sep 13, 2007
Length: 08:21
Purchases: 1

Austin City Limits Festival 2007 Artist Profile: Spoon

From: KUT

A profile of Austin's hometown heroes Spoon.

Added: Sep 12, 2007
Length: 07:59

This I Believe - George Bowering

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Canadian poet George Bowering believes human intellect is the closest thing we have to the divine.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ

Added: Aug 22, 2007
Length: 03:24
Purchases: 3

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Don't Worry)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...

Bought by WITF

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: :22
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Haydn's Children)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Mozart's Horn)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you're a horn player, Mozart's a likely hero. He wrote four gorgeous concertos for horn plus some shorter solo pieces. Admirers of Mozart's ho...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :33
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Who's Hovhaness?)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Traditionally, composers have gone beyond their own national boundaries for their creative inspiration. One composer who frequently thought and co...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (America's Debussy)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

In Classical Music, "Impressionism" means the music of Debussy and Ravel - and light washes of sound and pastel-like colors. Though impressionism ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 20, 2007
Length: :23
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Primal)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

When you love your work, it's more than just a "job." And that's certainly the case with many musicians, including violinist Gil Shaham (SHAH-hahm)...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: May 31, 2007
Length: :32
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Brahms is Humbling)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham is spending much of this year playing Brahms. Whether it's the Sonatas, the Violin Concerto or the Double Concerto, it's alwa...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Loyalty to Brahms)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Who comes first, the composer or the performer? Despite his best intentions, violinist Gil Shaham says it's impossible to stay personally detache...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 29, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Sunny Side Up)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Prokofiev's two Violin Sonatas, in music and mood, represent the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Violin Sonatas. The first is dark and even contains a ...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 29, 2007
Length: :18
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Dream Come True)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Johannes Brahms came out of retirement to write four major works for the clarinet, including a quintet for Clarinet and Strings. Clarinetist Richa...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (No Age Limit)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Audiences are thrilled by young musicians, especially child prodigies who toss off virtuosic phrases with childlike ease and exuberance. Violinist...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 28, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Blue Catharsis)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Blue Cathedral is composer Jennifer Higdon's most popular work, receiving more than 200 performances each year. Originally, she had no intention o...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 28, 2007
Length: :34
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Debussy the Tailor)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Yolanda Kondonassis talks about one of classical music's most nurturing and resonating relationships -- the one between French composer Claude Debu...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 02, 2007
Length: :31
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Clueless)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Breaking down the barrier between classical music and its audience is a priority for many classical music performers, including the charismatic per...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media