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While your spouse or significant other is likely to be your soul mate, you might also have a composer who fills the musical equivalent of a soul ma...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :25
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
You can only dress up a well known piece of music so much, whether it's the Star Spangled Banner or the Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells." And so...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :25
Holiday music recordings are a dime a dozen, with a few exceptions. Some really stand out, but all holiday recordings, with or without creative me...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :24
The Canadian Brass has dozens of holiday music recordings – in their most recent holiday CD, they continue their tradition of giving some familiar ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :21
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is a staple of the holiday season, and conductor Erich Kunzel says the music is that perfect mix of heart and skill. Use ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :18
Hanukah music has not always been that easy to find on the radio or on CD in December, but there's never been a Hanukah music shortage with the Can...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :23
A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.
Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more
- Added: Nov 02, 2007
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 6
Choosing a title for a new piece of music can be as tough as writing the very first note. Composer Michael Torke tries to avoid titles that push l...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :27
Composer Michael Torke lives and composes in New York. His choice of address and even possibly his writing style can be traced back to an event in...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :28
Like many composers Michael Torke worries about coming up with the right titles for his music. When he wrote "Javelin," he wondered if the title m...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :21
The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :23
How much do you need to know and understand to enjoy classical music? Olli Mustonen is best known as a pianist, but he also conducts and composes ...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :25
Although Jean Sibelius is best known for his symphonies and his violin concerto, he also dabbled in the world of short piano pieces. Olli Mustonen...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :29
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
- Added: Sep 13, 2007
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1
A profile of Austin's hometown heroes Spoon.
- Added: Sep 12, 2007
- Length: 07:59
- Added: Sep 11, 2007
- Length: 07:29
- Purchases: 1
Canadian poet George Bowering believes human intellect is the closest thing we have to the divine.
- Added: Aug 22, 2007
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 3
For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...
Bought by KTXK, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF, WSKG and more
- Added: Aug 01, 2007
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 19
For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...
Bought by KTXK, KHNS, New Hampshire Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF and more
- Added: Aug 01, 2007
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 19
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
In a song or aria, what comes first - the melody or the words? It depends on whom you ask. A singer is almost guaranteed to say it's the words. ...
Bought by WITF
- Added: Jul 31, 2007
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
Chopin's Ballades for piano scale some of the hefty dramatic and emotional heights that personify the "romantic" era of composition from the late 1...
Bought by WITF
- Added: Jul 31, 2007
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 1
Two of violinist Joshua Bell's most recent recordings are devoted to well-known songs and arias that he arranged for violin and piano and violin an...
Bought by WITF
- Added: Jul 30, 2007
- Length: :17
- Purchases: 1
