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Episode # 38 - Castaway: Barney Martin
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On December 24th BARNEY MARTIN became our 38th island castaway. Barney is someone who leads a life in duality with one foot in the white collar wor...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:26:23
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 4 - The Gigue is Up
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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"Gigue" is the French word for jig -- how did this lively dance turn up in classical music?

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 3 - Self-Taught Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Georg Philipp Telemann never studied composition — he taught himself how to write music. Hear about quite a few other self-taught composers.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 2 - Go for Baroque
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Learn about the Baroque era, the time in which Georg Philipp Telemann composed.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 1 - About Telemann
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Georg Philipp Telemann

Bought by KVLU, KUHF, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Butterbeans & Susie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 5 - Carnegie Hall
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Carnegie Hall opened with a concert conducted by Piotr Tchaikovsky. The story of one of the world’s premier concert venues.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 4 - Traditional Christmas Classical Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Classical music that traditionally gets played during the Christmas season.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsly Program 3 - The Nutcracker
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The story and music of The Nutcracker.

Bought by WMNR, KMXT, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 6
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 2 - Ballet
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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An exploration of ballet and Tchaikovsky's ballet compositions.

Bought by WMNR, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 1 - About Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Tchaikovsky

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode # 31 - Castaway: Bill Audette
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On November 5, 2012 WMPG radio's own BILL AUDETTE became the first person in the history of "Desert Island Discs" to return to our mythical island ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:35
The Apex Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Apex Club
The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
IBRT Season 2, Episode 4; 'On the Road Again...'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:01
Classics for Kids - October 2012 Edvard Grieg Program 4 - Halloween Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Spooky classical music for Halloween.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - October 2012 Edvard Grieg Program 3 - Scandinavian Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Music by composers from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, plus Finland and Iceland too!

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Edvard Grieg Program 2 - The Story of Peer Gynt
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Grieg wrote incidental music for Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. Here's the story.

Bought by KMXT, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - Edvard Grieg Program 1 - About Edvard Grieg
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The life and music of Edvard Grieg

Bought by KUHF, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode # 21 - Castaway: David Greenham
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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David Greenham has been a resident of Maine since the summer of 1985 when he moved here with a group of friends from Syracuse University to begin a...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:20:19
Episode # 19 - Castaway: Tom Handel
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On August 13, 2012 Tom Handel landed on our deserted island sharing his "Desert Island Discs" playlist and the stories surrounding his life. Tom i...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:19:45
Classics for Kids - September 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Program 5 - Women Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn's older sister, was a talented pianist and composer too. A look at Fanny and other women composers.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - September 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Program 4 - Child Prodigy Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Felix Mendelssohn was a child prodigy. Hear about other composers who started just as early -- or even earlier.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - September 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Program 3 - Music Based on Shakespeare
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Classics For Kids
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A look at music inspired by the work of William Shakespeare.

Bought by WMNR, KUHF, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 6
Classics for Kids - September 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Program 2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Mendelssohn's music illustrates many of the characters and situations in Shakespeare's, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - September 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Program 1 - About Felix Mendelssohn
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The life and music of Felix Mendelssohn.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4

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