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Gil Shaham's violin has enjoyed a noteworthy history, including time spent in the company of a famous Baroque composer and a forward thinking count...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, PRX Administrator, and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: :37
- Purchases: 4
Evelyn Glennie may be one of the only full-time percussion soloists, but she reminds us we all have some kind of drum in our past. Use this 21 sec...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Sep 02, 2006
- Length: :21
- Purchases: 2
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...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Sep 02, 2006
- Length: :18
- Purchases: 2
At the one year anniversary observance of 911, Guitarist Sharon Isbin was invited to perform at Ground Zero during the reading of the names of the ...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Sep 07, 2006
- Length: :32
- Purchases: 2
It's one of those tunes you've heard a hundred times but never really caught the name. Guitarist Sharon Isbin introduces Memories of the Alhambra ...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Sep 07, 2006
- Length: :35
- Purchases: 2
If you've ever lived next door to a musician, or lived under the same roof, you're more than familiar with the musician's practicing routine. That...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :25
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra plays to the beat of a different conductor - they don't have one. Each member is a conductor or a "leader" as they p...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :22
With her constant jet setting from state to state, and continent to continent, violinist Sarah Chang says she's become a "frequent flyer mileage qu...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :24
Star gazing, and our occasional infatuation with celebrities, dates back long before movies and television. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet (ZHhahn-Ev...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :25
The Piano Concerto No. 5 by Saint-Saens is known as the "Egyptian" Concerto, because it includes a melody from a song Saint-Saens heard while vacat...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :25
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra goes conductor-less; they determine their musical interpretations amongst themselves. While that approach is somethi...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :21
There's a lot to hear in George Gershwin's music. Gershwin fan and conductor Andrew Litton says you can enjoy the music on its face or sonic value...
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- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
With Rafal Blechacz's recording of piano sonatas by Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn, the Polish pianist likes to mention that of these three most influ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
The "Meditation" from the Opera, "Thais", is the only moment we know from this all but forgotten opera by Jules Massenet. Today, the "Meditation" ...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WFSU
- Added: Jan 01, 2007
- Length: :23
- Purchases: 3
Violinist Julia Fischer's relationship with Bach goes well beyond playing his music in concerts and on recordings. Use this 21 second clip to intr...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :21
The career of soprano Danielle de Niese really took off when she performed the role of Cleopatra in the Handel opera, Julius Caesar. Her operatic ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :25
Pianist Pascal Roge has fond memories of his student days at the Paris Conservatory. He studied with Marguerite Long, who was one of Debussy's fav...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :23
- Purchases: 1
There's an old saying in the music business: never turn down work. Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions, and sometim...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 2
Viola jokes were once all the rage, but Jaime Laredo is one viola player who never took offense. Use this clip to introduce violist, violinist and...
- Added: Nov 29, 2010
- Length: :21
How does a conductor or any musician for that matter, choose the right tempo. How fast, or how slow, should the music go? Conductor Mark Elder fi...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :23
You don’t usually see a lot of extra physical gestures or exaggerated facial expressions when pianist Misha Dichter is on stage. But there was a c...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :23
How do musicians choose their repertoire? It’s not just about personal preferences. Pianist Misha Dichter says, sometimes, it’s about anatomy. U...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :27
How fast should Beethoven be played? Pianist Misha Dichter usually believes in following the composer’s instructions. But with Beethoven he’s not...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :24
You may be old enough to remember American Bandstand with Dick Clark, where each week a couple of teenagers would rate a new record. From that seg...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :29
Yuja Wang’s new CD is called “Transformation,” and each piece on the recording undergoes a transforming process. Some of those transformations are...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :24
