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Some obsessions and compulsions are better than others, and conductor Lorin Maazel admits that at one point in his career, he spent too much time a...
Bought by WXXI Rochester, KVLU, KUHF, and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 4
The new production of Tosca at the Met caused an enormous uproar of epic proportions. While the new production pleased some, it inspired near riot...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :22
To clap or not to clap – that's the concert hall debate that continues to rage in various circles. In Beethoven and Mozart's day, applauding was w...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :23
Conductor Arturo Toscanini was known as the poster child for bad behavior on the podium. Fortunately, the days of the yelling, screaming, raging t...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :25
You may have heard that the future of the recording industry is somewhat up in the air as new technologies make it possible to access music in new ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :22
Beethoven's music is not always about the DRAMA. You can hear sweetness and joy, emotion and humor, fire and passion, and in the case of the third...
- Added: Dec 31, 2008
- Length: :19
For the Canadian Brass, their dream to play in Carnegie Hall came true in part because the players happily did something most musicians avoid, or d...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :22
It is, or was at one time, classical music’s forbidden word – or act: "Crossover"... playing music that's not 100% classical. Flutist, Sir James ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2008
- Length: :26
If you've ever seen a conductor lead an orchestra, you know it's a very physical profession. Conductor Myung-Whun Chung was surprised to learn whi...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :15
Schubert's Rondo for Violin and Piano is further proof that when it comes to writing a melody, Franz Schubert was in a small league of his own. Th...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :27
In classical music, labels and categories can provide a helpful context and entry point to enjoying a composer or composition. But they can also b...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :29
For some, proper "decorum," is our connection with decency and doing things in a more civilized way. Pianist Emanuel Ax says there's a little too ...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :29
On the surface, it may seem like there is a world of difference between Beethoven's lighter, and light hearted Symphony No. 8 and his monumental Sy...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :20
There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...
Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 5
Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 3
Violinist Hilary Hahn performed on the Tonight Show in March 2010. The late night show had been in the news lately with a little hosting drama. D...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jan 13, 2010
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
