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Virtuoso Voices - Till Fellner (That's My Job)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Till Fellner
Bach's short keyboard works are just that: short. You have to find the musical character quickly, otherwise the piece is over. When pianist Till...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :19
Crazy Heart Author Thomas Cobb Not The Weary Kind With Novel In Spotlight
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Tonight Show Audience)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Violinist Hilary Hahn once performed on the Tonight Show and her appearance just happened to coincide with the late night show's little hosting dra...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: :40
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Tonight Show Biz)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Violinist Hilary Hahn performed on the Tonight Show in March 2010. Her strategy for playing in front of a huge audience of 100's of thousands is to...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (5-4-3-2-GO!)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Violinist Hilary Hahn performed on the Tonight Show in March 2010. The late night show had been in the news lately with a little hosting drama. D...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Manuel Barrueco (Conversing with Domingo)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Manuel Barrueco, Credit: Photo by EMI-David Thompson
When guitarist Manuel Barrueco teamed up with conductor and tenor Placido Domingo to record the famous guitar concertos by Rodrigo, along with some...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Robert Spano (Proper Distance)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Robert Spano
Perspective – that magical line between the head and the heart. It’s something conductor Robert Spano tries to maintain whenever he conducts his f...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Manuel Barrueco (Not An Act)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Manuel Barrueco, Credit: EMI-David Thompson
What are the ingredients that go into a successful performance? Guitarist Manuel Barrueco says once you have the notes under your belt, it’s time ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :19
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Glennie Guinea Pigs)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Evelyn Glennie
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie had formal music training all her life, including attending the Royal Academy of Music in London. Still, some of her ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Between the Melancholy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
The Piano Trio by Tchaikovsky is somewhat bathed in sadness and melancholy – and for understandable reasons: it was written as a memorial for Tchai...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • 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 - Vadim Repin (Putting Off Brahms)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
Brahms knew how to make an entrance. After a stormy orchestral introduction, the violin enters with plenty of fire and electricity. But like all ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Who Spoke First)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
It might not have been a "fly on the wall" moment, but it would be interesting to know who spoke first when three leading classical music soloists,...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Barbès Podcast, Episode No. 3, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra (NY's Best Lounge Music)
From: Adam Pogoff
Series: Barbès Podcast
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NYC’s best lounge band performing the New American Songbook

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 16:13
Barbès Podcast, Episode No. 2, Gaida
From: Adam Pogoff
Series: Barbès Podcast
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Syrian vocalist working at the intersection of Arab, Jazz and Improvised Music.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 17:54
Barbès Podcast, Episode No. 1, Alex Meixner (accordion)
From: Adam Pogoff
Series: Barbès Podcast
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Alex Meixner: Acclaimed accordionist playing jazz, Bulgarian dance music, Cleveland-style polkas and more.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 19:49
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 - Lorin Maazel (Takes a Mahler Break)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
There are coffee breaks, lunch breaks, and at one point in his career, conductor Lorin Maazel found the need to take a Mahler break. Use this 28 s...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :28
Virtuoso Voices - Pascal Roge (Friends and Gods)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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French pianist Pascal Roge enjoys a personal connection with French composers – not just because they come from French soil, but because they're so...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
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 - Pascal Roge (Locked Out)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Pascal Roge
All children go through phases and stages. They can be cute, adorable, precocious and obnoxious. Pianist Pascal Roge went through each of these p...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Lorin Maazel (Addiction)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
Some obsessions and compulsions are better than others, and conductor Lorin Maazel admits that at one point in his career, he spent too much time a...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KVLU, KUHF, and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Shake your Baton)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
More than 350 musicians are heard on the recording of the Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tils...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :30
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas (Leviathan)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," calls for about 350 musicians on stage – a massive orchestra, three choirs and eigh...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :27
It Might Get Loud - Audio EPK tools for Film Coverage
From: Andy Cahn
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"It Might Get Loud" film excerpts and interview clips featuring the star guitarists Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge, plus director Davis Guggen...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 36:06
  • Purchases: 1