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Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas ("Keeping Score": Big Media Event)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Leviathan)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," calls for about 350 musicians on stage – a massive orchestra, three choirs and eigh...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Her Royal Harpness)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Up-and-coming performers dream of getting their big break. For harpist Catrin Finch, her big break came with the help of a royal music lover - His...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Not Harsh or Bare)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
Harpist Catrin recorded the Bach Goldberg Variations. Musical purists will likely raise some type of fuss over the "Goldbergs" being played on the...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (No Drama)
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Caption: Charles Dutoit
Composer Igor Stravinsky did not necessarily want us to hear or feel emotion in his music. According to conductor Charles Dutoit, Stravinsky was a...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Copland's Afterthought)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
The English horn is a specialty instrument -- a longer, deeper version of the oboe. One of the English horn's best known moments comes with the lo...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Goodbye Leonard Bernstein)
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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...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Oboe Love Sounds)
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. The Oboe D'amore is a longer, deeper sounding ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (Difficult Success Recipe)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Play Now, Write Later)
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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 (Safety Net)
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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 (Debt to Society)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Authenticity)
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Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
"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...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Family Business)
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Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
It's many a mother and father's dream to have their children follow in their footsteps. Then there's the Jarvi family. Use this 28 second clip to...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Love-Hate Relationship)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
Shostakovich is an important part of Paavo Jarvi's repertoire. Although the composer's music often tells the story of Russian history and politics...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Same Old Same Old)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
You may have heard the saying, "familiarity breeds contempt." In the classical music world, conductor Paavo Jarvi says familiarity can sometimes b...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Jonathan Biss (Grab My Knee)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jonathan Biss
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - John Corigliano (Brain Power)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: John Corigliano
If you ever enter into a friendly competition over which art form is the most powerful, or holds the greatest potential, you might want to consider...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - John Corigliano (The Emperor’s New Clothes)
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Caption: John Corigliano
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
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Grieg's Intimate Confessions)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
One of composer Edvard Grieg's best known works is his Piano Concerto. While Grieg speaks on a mostly grand scale in the concerto, Leif Ove Andsne...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Conducting Made Easy)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
The thought of playing a Mozart piano concerto is daunting enough. But playing the solo part and conducting the orchestra at the same time seems e...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Waterfall of Wonder)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
Grieg's Piano Concerto has long held its place as an audience favorite and as the calling card for several generations of pianists, including Leif ...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - John Corigliano (Blood Red Violin)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: John Corigliano
Composer John Corigliano’s father was the concertmaster (1st violinist) with the New York Philharmonic for 23 years, so violin playing and the viol...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Mozart's Rich Energy)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Photo: Simon Fowler
What do you like about Mozart? There are so many things to like – and choose from. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes simply likes all the action. Use thi...

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  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Second Fiddle)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
The Duetto for String Bass, Clarinet and Orchestra was written by Giovanni Bottesini, one of the greatest bass players of the 19th century. Since ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: :26

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