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One of the things you might notice in recordings conducted by Mark Elder – especially with English music – is tempo. He plays British music faster...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :24
The Live Feed is getting a little crude this week as we welcome the Minneapolis based rock band The F Knights.
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Sep 30, 2010
- Length: 34:16
- Purchases: 1
We talk with Steve Kaul of the Brass Kings on fellow musicians, touring, and writing music.
- Added: Jul 14, 2010
- Length: 14:45
Do you remember the Sam Cooke song from the 50s about not knowing music much about history, biology and trigonometry? Like many performers, pianis...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
Bach’s music often incorporated steps and rhythms from the dance music of his day. And often he was writing actual dance music, like a gavotte or ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :20
The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are revered by cellists. Many call them their "Bible." One of those Bach Bible-toting cellists is Zuill Bailey. He...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :21
(March 21st is Bach's birthday.) There are many ways to celebrate Bach musically. If you're a cellist, you probably thank your lucky stars every ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
Every so often you find an extraordinary talent in your own back yard… Mr. Oliver Shearer lives close to the studio of Radio Curious and has many c...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 28:56
"Everybody's a critic," as the saying goes – and that's true now more than ever, according to percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Use this 24 second cli...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
AAA Music show featuring songs that express a more meaningful side of life. This hour features songs by various artists, including a personal conve...
Bought by WVRU
- Added: Aug 04, 2009
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The middle of the 20th century saw both enormous growth and struggle for new classical music. Part of the struggle, according to composer John Cor...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :24
The name of the piece is "Mirror in Mirror." It's a seven minute work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers describes it as...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
Dred-Scott Keyes and Bernard White interview Jamaican poet Mutabaruka.
Bought by KBBI Alaska, WNCU, and WNCU
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 59:14
- Purchases: 3
From 2006, John talks about the challenge of scoring Superman Returns and mixing his music with the themes of John Williams.
- Added: Jan 26, 2009
- Length: 27:39
The political difficulties that ruled the life of Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich were more than just minor aggravations. His refusal to fol...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :27
Hip Hop Star Emmanuel Jal talks about being a child soldier and his newest album, War Child
- Added: Aug 27, 2008
- Length: 13:26
When the soloist and orchestra are playing a concerto, who's in charge? Is it the soloist, the conductor - the orchestra? Someone has to make sur...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :20
Pianist Orli Shaham dreams of playing in front of the enthusiastic and traditionally very responsive audiences that attend the figure skating compe...
Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:31
- Purchases: 1
One of the true musical pioneers release a brand new album
- Added: Nov 01, 2007
- Length: 01:01:11
As talented and exceptionally skilled as today's orchestra musicians may be, there are plenty of living composers whose music still presents a chal...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 08, 2005
- Length: 58:56
The legacy of anti-Semitism in choral music
Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCPN, Audible, Morehead State Public Radio, KUNR and more
- Added: Feb 11, 2005
- Length: 54:12
- Purchases: 6
A rare invitation to the home of Ani DiFranco, for an informal, intimate chat and impromptu performance.
Bought by WSKG, Stan, WCPN, WBEZ, KRCB 104.9 and more
- Added: Apr 15, 2004
- Length: 57:01
- Purchases: 6
