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Restoring Trust in a Marriage with the Emotion Roadmap & a Question for You
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Making a meaningful difference
Listen to songs by Freebo, an explanation of the Emotion Roadmap, a real time successful conversation with a woman who wants to trust her husband a...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 30:37
JazzStories: Gretchen Parlato
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: George Wein
From: Murray Street Productions
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George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, has created countless festivals worldwide and can be connected to every important jazz musician ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Benny Golson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"...This country lookin' guy was standing there in the door, waiting for me to tell him what to do. So I said, 'play something!' He took out his ...

Bought by KMUW, WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Bill Frisell
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I had moved to New York and spent a couple of years here scuffling around. I was getting a little discouraged, playing a lot of weddings. It wasn'...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (300 Year Miracle)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Gil Shaham
There’s been some conversation and concern recently about the future of classical music and the future of the symphony orchestra. From the classic...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Nothing Becomes Rachmaninoff)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
Rachmaninoff is known for writing expressive and engaging melodies. That's certainly the case with his Elegiac Trio No. 1. Violinist Vadim Repin ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Up Close and Personal)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Joshua Bell
Violinist Joshua Bell has a CD – "At Home with Friends" – where he recaptures the musical get-togethers he hosts in his Manhattan home with friends...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Pascal Roge (Not Cold Enough)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Pascal Roge
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...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Mozart's First and Last)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Angela Cheng, like many people, has a thing for Mozart -- his symphonies, his piano concertos and his uncanny ability with first drafts. S...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - John Corigliano (Embracing the Unknown)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: John Corigliano
Before a new piece of music is played for the first time – before it is judged either a masterpiece or a disaster, it exists in a state of musical ...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :19
Virtuoso Voices - Ivan Fischer (Simply Dvorak)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Ivan Fischer
Dvorak's "New World" Symphony is at the top of nearly everyone's "Hit Parade" - and his other big symphonies and the Cello Concerto are not far beh...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Opposites Attract)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
Pianist Helene Grimaud took a somewhat uncommon approach to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. She decided to play one side against the other. Use...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :25
70th anniversary of "Kristallnacht" (Crystal Night)
From: Arndt Peltner
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11/9 is the 70th anniversary of the "Kristallnacht"

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Nov 07, 2008
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
VirtuosoVoices - Andre Watts (Liszt's Secret Ingredient)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Ivan Fischer (Mahler's Nature)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Ivan Fischer, Credit: Courtesy of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
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
J-Kronic's Got You Lifted!
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Teacher By Day, Rapper By Night

  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 05:51
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Easy Does It)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There is ample evidence that composer Aaron Copland wanted his music performed straight, as is, with little added emotion or nuance by the performe...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jun 20, 2007
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Brooklyn Cowboy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Little Lenny Bernstein)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
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 - Leila Josefowicz (Shostakovich the Movie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Alexander Kobrin (Chopin's Nocturnal Mystery)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The "Nocturne" in Classical Music refers to music for night time. Pianist Alexander Kobrin says that Chopin's Nocturnes explore and illustrate man...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Percussion is Universal)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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