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Caption: Quince Ensemble, Credit: Karjaka Studios
We sample a new release from the Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble of David Lang's meditation on the Tristan and Isolde story, "love fail." Also, ...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KDX Worldround Radio, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Fred Willard
An additional hour of tributes from just a few of those lost in 2020

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A final look at an impossible year, 12 months of incredible drama, played out over the world stage in an hour long retrospective

Bought by KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 13
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In this episode, Cate makes inroads with Deputy Ben, Drew comes up empty-handed in his search of Harridge House, while Issy makes a shocking discov...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 16:58
Caption: Composer Jennifer Higdon, Credit: J.D. Scott
Series curator and BGSU alumna Jennifer Higdon joins us to introduce her latest recordings.

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KDX Worldround Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWAX and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Joyce Yang, Credit: KT Kim
Synesthete Joyce Yang describes the colors of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 31 as she plays.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: The New York Philharmonic performs at Bravo! Vail in 2019., Credit: Chris Lee
In Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3, his intention was to shock his audience.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
Caption: Dr. David Korevaar, Credit: Manfred Fuss
He wanted larger and louder. The stage was set for Beethoven, but being on the cusp of change had its challenges.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Cómo Ludwig van Beethoven proyectó una gran sombra sobre Haydn y Brahms, dos gigantes de la música que vinieron antes y después de él.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:14
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Beethoven’s teacher, Franz Josef Haydn, was eclipsed by the genius of his young student. Later, a young Johannes Brahms spent decades writing his f...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sarah Kirkland Snider, Credit: Anja Schutz
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider introduces us to her "Mass for the Endangered" - a modern re-imagining of the traditional Catholic Mass as a prayer ...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KDX Worldround Radio, KWAX, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: La producción teatral Fidelio de la Ópera Nacional de Washington, Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
A Ruth Bader Ginsberg le encantaba la única ópera de Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: Washington National Opera's production of "Fidelio", Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
Beethoven wrote one opera, Fidelio. A 2003 production so captivated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she wrote a letter to the director.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:11
Caption: Composer and multi-percussionist Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
Scottish multi-percussionist Evelyn Glennie has been profoundly deaf since she was 12 years old. We asked her how someone who is deaf can "hear" wi...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
En el apartamento de Ludwig van Beethoven se encontró una carta en un cajón secreto poco después de que el soltero de toda una vida muriera en 1827...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
A letter was found in a secret drawer in Beethoven's apartment not long after the life-long bachelor died in 1827. It was a 10-page rough draft wri...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
La multipercusionista escocesa Evelyn Glennie ha estado completamente sorda desde los 12 años. Compartió con CPR Classical cómo una persona sorda p...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:07
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In this episode, Issy meets Blake, and Cate & Drew find that the town of Harridge wants nothing to do with them.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 17:48
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In this episode, Issy, Drew, and Issy discover that their new Aunt Sandra knows a lot more than she's saying.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2020
  • Length: 15:32

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:54:35

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:55:46

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:53:09

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:52:31
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A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together

  • Added: Nov 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:19
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Mistakes were made in keeping PPE and other essential medical supplies available for health care and emergency workers during the pandemic. Are we ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1