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Violinist Hilary Hahn is one of many musicians who consider Bach’s music to be timeless. She says Bach’s music “doesn’t necessarily belong in one ...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
- Purchases: 1
The soloist faces a number of temptations in the Sibelius Violin Concerto, especially the magical moments at the beginning. For Hilary Hahn, the t...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :27
Violinist Hilary Hahn's "Voices and Violin" CD offers mostly sacred arias by Bach that include a prominent role for the violin. At times, she conv...
Bought by 'The Sea'
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
Violinist Hilary Hahn performed on the Tonight Show in March 2010. Her strategy for playing in front of a huge audience of 100's of thousands is to...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jan 13, 2010
- Length: :37
- Purchases: 1
Violinist Hilary Hahn once performed on the Tonight Show and her appearance just happened to coincide with the late night show's little hosting dra...
Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jan 13, 2010
- Length: :40
- Purchases: 2
There's a lot going on in Bach – beautiful melodies, complex, and at times conflicting harmonies and intricate rhythms – all happening simultaneous...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :26
Violinist Hilary Hahn has been playing Bach throughout her career, and her most recent recording is an all-Bach CD. She says you can find many sid...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :20
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
When violinist Hilary Hahn recorded the Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, she went against a long standing tradition with the concerto. Most violini...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :28
Arnold Schoenberg pioneered a composition method and style known as "12-tone music". Melodies and harmonies were created from a predetermined sequ...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :23
Something unthinkable and unimaginable recently occurred in the classical music world. The Violin Concerto by the often maligned Arnold Schoenberg...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :25
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
Pianist Yuja Wang has a CD that includes a Theme and Variations and two orchestral works that have been transcribed for piano. But that’s not the ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :21
When Bach asks the keyboard player to play fast, pianist Simone Dinnerstein responds with bright, even snappy tempos. She also remembers to come u...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
The “Symphonic Dances for Orchestra” is one of the best known works Rachmaninoff wrote after a long and punishing creative drought. The Dances rep...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :25
There's musical fluff that lasts a moment and then quickly disappears into the air, and then there's music that is mistaken for fluff. In that las...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
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
One of the beauties of classical music is that some things never go out of style. Use this 24 second clip to introduce harpist Catrin Finch playin...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :24
"Authenticity" became the buzz word for playing Baroque music in the 80's and 90's and the "Authentic Instrument" movement changed the way we now p...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
Guitarist Sharon Isbin jokes that in a former life, she must have lived during the Renaissance era. Music from the 16th century clearly awakens bo...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :21
- Purchases: 1
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 term “virtuoso” has come to mean many things over the years. These days, it seems to describe someone who can play very, very fast, but not ne...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :28
More than a dozen composers have written music based on an engaging melody by Nicolo Paganini. Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini is th...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 2
Cellist Zuill Bailey recorded a CD containing the six Suites for Solo Cello by Bach - and recorded them over an eight-day period. That's two CDs, s...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
For your Fundraising campaign, violinists Gil Shaham and Hilary Han make the case for supporting classical music on Public Radio. Use this 29 seco...
Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, NPR Illinois, and Iowa Public Radio
- Added: Dec 31, 2010
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 5
