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Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Goodbye Leonard Bernstein)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
As the English horn player for the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy says he's been privileged to work with some of the finest conductors from se...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (You're in Good Hands)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
It's hard to get through the day without hearing at least one or two ads for car insurance - from the "good hands" people to that little green geck...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Elevated Telemann)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
Thomas Stacy was the long time English horn and Oboe D'amore player with the New York Philharmonic. He usually sat in one of the back rows of the ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (Difficult Success Recipe)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
What's the key to a successful and highly creative performing career? Violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov explodes one myth and reveals his ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :19
  • Purchases: 1
Laser Etched Eggs
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Eggs are now laser-etched with an expiration date and a code. The process could even be refined to the point where you could tell which hen at the ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :44
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Rainy Days and Sundays)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
English horn player Thomas Stacy grew up in Augusta, Arkansas, population three thousand (3,000). He's one of the most recorded English horn playe...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Conducting the NY Phil)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
As the long time English horn player with the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy has seen and heard just about everything. From his seat in the o...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Piano Queen)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Clara Schumann was ahead of her time -- she was a leading soloist of her day and a composer. Although she's best known as Robert Schumann'...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Mozart's First and Last)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Angela Cheng, like many people, has a thing for Mozart -- his symphonies, his piano concertos and his uncanny ability with first drafts. S...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Man Trouble)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann was quite celebrated as a pianist, but she was also a gifted composer. Today, one her biggest fans is piani...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Safety Net)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
The challenge to successfully bringing off a virtuoso concerto is as challenging to the conductor as it is to the soloist... well almost as challen...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Play Now, Write Later)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is a masterpiece of procrastination. Gershwin barely finished the work in time for the world premiere. In fact...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Laughing Piano)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
George Gershwin could be called a "What If" composer. "What if" he had lived longer than just 39 years, what more would he have written? And, "Wh...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (History Helps)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
Normally, Andrew Litton does not delve too deeply into a composer's life story and history when he prepares to conduct that composer's music. He m...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Getting Away with Gershwin)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
There's a lot to hear in George Gershwin's music. Gershwin fan and conductor Andrew Litton says you can enjoy the music on its face or sonic value...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Debt to Society)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Andrew Litton, Credit: Steve J. Sherman
Andrew Litton is not the first, and probably not the last to say his big career break came when he saw Leonard Bernstein conduct for the first time...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Health Care - Obama vs. Reality
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: God Save The People!, Credit: SLG
Is The President Telling Us The True Costs of A Government Take Over of the Health Care Insurance Industry? - Consider the Current Tales with Those...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:59
Young Cherokees ride to remember
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: The 2009 "Remember the Removal" Cherokee riders, Credit: Remember the Removal, Cherokee Nation
This year, a group of young Cherokees set out on a journey to remember, on bicycle. It took them nearly 1,000 miles away from home--and back again...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Paying Bills On Line
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The people who design web pages were born after some of us were already collecting social security, so too many web sites are not user friendly for...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
SOS Criticizes President's Six-Month Failure to Appoint Full Government
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: HRR Speaking at New CFR Facility in DC, Credit: CFR Room Feed via GBG to PRWW
SOS Clinton speaks out publicly against the President.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: :12
Understanding the Islam
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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We explore what Islam is and what is like to be a Latino muslim

Bought by KALW and KDNA Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 2
Domestic Violence in the Hispanic Community
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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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
Observations on the Type A Personality
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
OUR MOST VULNERABLE
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: PRX default Piece image
WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S BEING DONE TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN IN POOR COUNTIRES AROUND THE WORLD.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:58
Voices About Suicide
From: Littleglobe
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Youth Media Project’s Production Team discussed youth suicide and how it has affected them.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 1

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