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Virtuoso Voices - Yo-Yo Ma (Connecting the Dots)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Silk Road Tour is cellist Yo-Yo Ma's ongoing quest to discover the cultural connections covering the large swath of land between the Mediterran...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :32
Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Kiss of Death)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When composer John Adams attends a concert that features his music, he looks forward to hearing what the audience has to say -- as long as they don...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :17
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Nature of Music)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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How much do you need to know and understand to enjoy classical music? Olli Mustonen is best known as a pianist, but he also conducts and composes ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Rare Sibelius)
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Although Jean Sibelius is best known for his symphonies and his violin concerto, he also dabbled in the world of short piano pieces. Olli Mustonen...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Seasonal Expert)
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The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Don't Worry)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Haydn's Children)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Chopin's Legendary Ballades)
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Chopin's Ballades for piano scale some of the hefty dramatic and emotional heights that personify the "romantic" era of composition from the late 1...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Loyalty to Brahms)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Who comes first, the composer or the performer? Despite his best intentions, violinist Gil Shaham says it's impossible to stay personally detache...

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  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Sunny Side Up)
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Prokofiev's two Violin Sonatas, in music and mood, represent the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Violin Sonatas. The first is dark and even contains a ...

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  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Respect Your Vivaldi)
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At times, Vivaldi is the "Rodney Dangerfield of composers." He gets no respect from the many pundits and experts who say he wrote the same concert...

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  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Fairy Tale)
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The First Violin Concerto by Prokofiev is not the traditional concerto where the soloist dominates the stage with long romantic melodies and show s...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: :19
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Mozart in Sync)
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It may sound like Mozart is easy to play, but just about any performer will grimace and tell you his music is about as tough as it gets. In the Vi...

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  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (The Big Picture)
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With concertos, it's completely natural to focus our attention on the soloist. But while it's important to hear the solo part, violinist Cho-Liang...

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  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Brahms Tight Space)
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It's always tempting to fill up your plate at the Sunday buffet table or at the salad bar. You know you can go back for seconds... or even thirds....

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  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Don't be Boring)
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When you've played a piece of music for 20 or 30 years, it's easy to fall into old habits and the old ways of doing things. Clarinetist Richard St...

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  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Dream Come True)
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Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Johannes Brahms came out of retirement to write four major works for the clarinet, including a quintet for Clarinet and Strings. Clarinetist Richa...

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  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Vibrato is Verboten)
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Richard Stoltzman is one of the most recognized solo clarinetists in the world, but he's never been officially welcomed into the Clarinet Fraternit...

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  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (After the Storm)
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Beethoven's 4th Piano Sonata is one of the longest of his 32 sonatas, and pianist Garrick Ohlsson says every minute is rich with melody, musical in...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Beethoven's Lab)
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While some might say Beethoven is best known for his 9th Symphony, or the famous first four notes of his Symphony Number 5, pianist Garrick Ohlsson...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Chopin for Last)
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The "People's Favorite": pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the universal popularity and mood altering music by Chopin. It's like "dessert" -- wh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Moonlit Night)
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Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 is a joyful ride through all of the melodies and pianistic prizes you associate with Chopin. Its Second Movement, pi...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Polish Hero)
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They "contain canons buried in flowers." "Pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the mixed messages contained within the Chopin Polonaises for piano....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (On A Lark)
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Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Hilary Hahn has been playing the beautiful "Lark Ascending" Violin Concerto by Ralph Vaughan Williams for most of her career -- some cons...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Moon Theft)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Clair de Lune (Moonlight) is one of Claude Debussy's best known works, and it's the perfect introduction to the "Impressionist" school of compositi...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: :16
  • Purchases: 2

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