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Good News: you don't need an advanced degree, or have even played an instrument, to enjoy classical music. Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman passes o...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
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JoAnn Falletta is the conductor of the Virginia Symphony and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Although she is a frequent guest conductor around...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: :23
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What's an effective way for a guest conductor to get to know a new orchestra quickly. JoAnn Falletta says a version of the silent treatment works ...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2006
  • Length: :31
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The Haydn Piano Trios have always been an important part of the Beaux Art Trio repertoire. The Trio's Pianist Menahem Pressler offers this multipl...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: :30
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Throughout his illustrious, 60-year career, pianist Menahem Pressler has been associated with the biggest names in classical music, from Toscanini ...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: :30
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At best, making music with others is a successful marriage -- there's give and take and compromise. Pianist Menahem Pressler is the founding membe...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: :34
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Getting accepted as a student at a prestigious music school is a grueling and highly competitive process. At Indiana University, Piano Professor (...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: :30
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No matter how much you practice and prepare for a concert, anything can happen on stage, like the time a bottom section of Richard Stoltzman's clar...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: :43
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Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman calls composer Aaron Copland on the phone to ask his permission to bring a more jazz-like sensibility to the composer...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: :30
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Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman talks about the evolution of his interpretation of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Putting old recordings by his clari...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 3
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No matter how much you practice and prepare for a concert, anything can happen on stage, like the time pieces of Richard Stoltzman's clarinet fell ...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: :31
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Two friends, both musicians, team up to play a romantic moment by Beethoven and Mozart. Even though, they're "just friends", cellist Julie Albers ...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: :20
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Violinist Joshua Bell speculates he's performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto a thousand times. And each time he plays it, he's reminded of why it...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :24
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The Stradivarius Violin is the gold standard when it comes to violin making. Although violinist Joshua plays a Strad today, he remembers his very ...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :20
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Sometimes music is not just about melody, it's about creating a scene or portraying a character that often redefines the boundaries of "beauty". G...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :26
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Tired of the same old Holiday Music? Pianist Stephen Hough has a few holiday tunes to add to your list. While they're not specifically Christmas ...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: :30
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The cello is an upside down violin planted in the ground -- so says cellist Lynn Harrell. That makes the instrument the perfect foil for some tast...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: :28
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In our eternal quest to find a brilliant summary of Mozart's contribution to classical music and the world at large, here is Roy Goodman. The Brit...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: :34
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Where have all the young people gone? Surprise! Some, at least, are at classical music concerts. That's one encouraging trend pianist Jean-Yves ...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: :35
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Who knows best? When it comes to classical music, conductor Roy Goodman says it's not the conductor, the first violinist or the music critic. It'...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: :35
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What kind of composer was Franz Liszt? He was "lady slayer" composer according to conductor Andrew Litton. In this clip, the conductor talks abou...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :36
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If you have any doubts about the quality and integrity of film music, and the music's ability to stand on its own without the picture, composer Wil...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :33
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Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich spent most of his entire creative life worrying about whether his government was going to send him to jail or...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
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Have you ever wondered how a performer chooses the music they'll play and record? For Gil Shaham, it's simply a case of love at first hearing. Us...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: :18
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2005 Van Ciburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Alexander Kobrin describes vocal and linguistic requirements to play Chopin. Use this 16 second c...

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :16
  • Purchases: 2