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If you ever took piano lessons, you might be familiar with the Two and Three-Part "Inventions" by Bach. He wrote these short works for one of his ...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :24
When describing Beethoven's astonishing accomplishments as a composer, it's hard to know where to start. Pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy ...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
When composer Jennifer Higdon accepts a commission from a performer to write a new piece, she takes a few steps before writing the very first note....
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :29
Hot Updates: BET HIP HOP Awards, Oscars,Country Music Awards,etc
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 03:50
The extraordinary popularity of the pilgrimage to Lourdes 150 years on.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 04:34
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Explores deep connections among the Icelandic culture, landscape and fisheries
- Added: Sep 16, 2008
- Length: 27:30
For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...
Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF, WSKG, Wisconsin Public Radio, North State Public Radio and more
- Added: Aug 31, 2008
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 6
Hong Kong commemorated the Tiannanman Square massacre in Beijing.
- Added: Aug 06, 2008
- Length: 22:08
10 centuries of battling the sea gave the Dutch an added value inhelping to build levees
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- Added: Aug 06, 2008
- Length: 54:35
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We've pretty much moved beyond the outdated perception of classical music and musicians not having a sense of humor. Among the passions of cellist...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :18
There are several different, highly varied schools of thought when it comes to playing Bach. Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott prefers the Fred Astaire...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :22
Is there anything more stressful than travel these days? When pianist Anne-Marie McDermott travels cross country to accompany violinists like Nadj...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :23
One hour of radio about one legendary hour of television...the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's "68 Comeback Special."
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WGZS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP and more
- Added: Jul 17, 2008
- Length: 59:05
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Take a tour of the greenest building in Manhattan.
- Added: Jul 02, 2008
- Length: 19:56
Pianist Andre Watts is best known for his command of the most popular and more challenging piano repertoire - sometimes called "warhorses." But he...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :29
Gustav Mahler was, without question, a gifted melody writer with the ability to get every possible sound and color out of the orchestra. In additi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :32
Who knows where inspiration truly comes from? It's different for anyone, but inspiration can strike anytime. Conductor Ivan Fischer says Mahler o...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :32
Guitarist David Russell has a thing for French music. He likes the freedom. Use this 20 second clip to introduce guitarist David Russell playing ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :20
When playing Bach, and especially when you play your own transcriptions of Bach, guitarist David Russell says it's important to color outside the l...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :23
There's a reason you hear some pieces of music everywhere - in elevators, hotel lobbies, while you're on hold with customer service and as the brid...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :25
After 30 years of free higher education in Germany, public universities are bankrupt. Conservatives want to introduce a US-style system of tuition ...
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- Added: Jun 21, 2008
- Length: 05:49
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- Added: Jun 02, 2008
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Sergei Prokofiev has no bigger fans than Gil and Orli Shaham. Though Prokofiev's place in musical history is guaranteed by a relatively small numb...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :24
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
