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Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Brooklyn Cowboy)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

It's natural to wonder how a composer can write music that touches us in such powerful ways. With Aaron Copland, that question is more specific. ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 20, 2007
Length: :34
Purchases: 1

Memorial Day: "Good Muslims, Great Americans"

From: Kyle Gassiott

A story about Muslims in the American military-including a WWII vet who lobbied the government to designate Islam on military dogtags.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: Jun 06, 2007
Length: 07:11
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Primal)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

When you love your work, it's more than just a "job." And that's certainly the case with many musicians, including violinist Gil Shaham (SHAH-hahm)...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: May 31, 2007
Length: :32
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Family Gathering)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham plays with his sister Orli and her husband, conductor David Robertson. He also performs with his wife, violinist Adele Anthon...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :25
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Brahms is Humbling)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham is spending much of this year playing Brahms. Whether it's the Sonatas, the Violin Concerto or the Double Concerto, it's alwa...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Too Late)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham became an overnight success when he filled in for Itzhak Perlman at the last moment. Excited after a champagne sipping flight...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Meet My Wife)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

When violinist Gil Shaham plays recitals with his sister Orli Shaham, members of the audience are often the victims of an innocent case of mistaken...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 29, 2007
Length: :18
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Sunny Side Up)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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 ...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 29, 2007
Length: :18
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Fairy Tale)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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 (Respect Your Vivaldi)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 11, 2007
Length: :25
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Bed Time)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman's two children both grew up to pursue musical careers. It's not something he pushed, but music was one of the parenti...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :24
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (The Big Picture)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :18
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Loud and Colorful)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Pianist Awadagin Pratt likes to play music loud. Unlike most piano students, Pratt didn't spend hours studying the recordings made by famous piani...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :27
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Little Lenny Bernstein)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

The "what if" question game is always an interesting game to play. What if Leonard Bernstein had pursued composing over conducting? What would he...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Don't be Boring)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: :26
Purchases: 1

Remembering Poetry: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project

From: Don McIver

An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more

Added: Apr 01, 2007
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 7

Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (Young & Fearless)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Overnight success does happen but it's more myth than reality. Violinist Sarah Chang made her debut when she was 8 years old. Her success that ev...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 28, 2007
Length: :18
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Debussy the Tailor)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Yolanda Kondonassis talks about one of classical music's most nurturing and resonating relationships -- the one between French composer Claude Debu...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media

Added: Mar 02, 2007
Length: :31
Purchases: 2

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Moon Theft)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (On A Lark)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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