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Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings has become the American anthem for peace and comfort during times of national sadness and loss. Barber also wro...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
When guitarist Manuel Barrueco teamed up with conductor and tenor Placido Domingo to record the famous guitar concertos by Rodrigo, along with some...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
Perspective – that magical line between the head and the heart. It’s something conductor Robert Spano tries to maintain whenever he conducts his f...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
It started out as the slow movement for a string quartet, but with the help of a major film, and its presence at prominent national events, Samuel ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a Sudanese musician living in Dubai, whose R&B hits have attracted listeners from across the Middle Eas...
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 07:41
"Give 100 percent": that old saying and sports mantra has lost some of its meaning over time, but it's an approach and mentality that's still work...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
Tchaikovsky wrote his piano trio as a memorial tribute to a colleague, friend and mentor – Nicolay Rubinstein. In this musical memorial, violinist...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
My uncle - Chicago's Santa Claus - finds inspiration in the memory of his father; Santa Claus.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUER, KRZA, WETD, WLPR and more
- Added: Nov 28, 2009
- Length: 09:00
- Purchases: 12
- Added: Nov 18, 2009
- Length: 03:30
French pianist Pascal Roge enjoys a personal connection with French composers – not just because they come from French soil, but because they're so...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :27
- Purchases: 1
One of the beauties of classical music is that some things never go out of style. Use this 24 second clip to introduce harpist Catrin Finch playin...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :24
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
- Added: Aug 26, 2009
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 1
Shell shocked from the Balkan war, Music Therapist Brian Harris works with children by using music to help transcend the psychological pain associa...
- Added: Aug 20, 2009
- Length: 27:03
A personal reflection about the Asian-American Psychological Conference.
- Added: Jul 31, 2009
- Length: 06:09
We take a look on why is the domestic violence a growing problem within Hispanics.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jul 14, 2009
- Length: 27:41
- Purchases: 1
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
As a young man, and a young composer, Beethoven used the piano as a laboratory, where he could experiment and try out new sounds and musical ideas....
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
We tend to forget that composing requires advanced skills, in addition to its purely creative inspiration. That fusion of skill, craft and creativ...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :23
There are hundreds of lists that designate the Top Ten or Top 100 of anything, from movies to books to restaurants. Classical music has its "best ...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
In almost every profession, some of the best work gets done away from the office. It's true for pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. He likes to work from h...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :23
It was voted the Number One Song on the American Film Institute's list of the "100 Best Songs" used in film. The beauty and autobiographical senti...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :21
Luis Urrea believes he is a better writer and better person when he’s open to the world around him.
Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 6
Tired of chasing personal prosperity, Eve Birch now believes in an American dream of shared success.
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 03:47
- Purchases: 8
