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Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Debussy the Tailor)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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)
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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)
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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


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 3
Livey's Digital Diary from Namibia: One Young Woman's Response to AIDS
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! It gives a youth perspective on the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Africa, from a young woman who is infected herself, and interview...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (You're Fired!)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about the mostly positive changes that have taken place in the classical music, particularly the new face and image ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: :39
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Copland's Jazz Blessing)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman calls composer Aaron Copland on the phone to ask his permission to bring a more jazz-like sensibility to the composer...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Mozart My Way)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman talks about the evolution of his interpretation of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Putting old recordings by his clari...

Bought by WHRV, WITF, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Mendelssohn Lover)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Joshua Bell speculates he's performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto a thousand times. And each time he plays it, he's reminded of why it...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Rubber Band Man)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Stradivarius Violin is the gold standard when it comes to violin making. Although violinist Joshua plays a Strad today, he remembers his very ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 2
A Scientist Researches Near-Death Experiences
From: With Good Reason
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Escaping death changes life

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Nov 15, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ed Bell's Sweetgum Bottom Blues
From: Tanya Ott
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Interview about a little-known, but influential Alabama bluesman

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Moazzam Begg, a Guantanamo Bay Detainee
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Moazzam Begg is a British Muslim who became an Enemy Combatant detained at Guantanamo Bay.

Bought by WMPG and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 15, 2006
  • Length: 27:33
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Loves Choosing Repertoire)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Dvorak Wind Serenade)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Conductor Andrew Litton gives Dvorak and a highly polished Wind section some time in the spotlight. Use this 27 second clip to introduce Andrew Lit...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 2
Holiday Series: Memorial Day
From: Talking History
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Guest Matthew Dennis and Talking History's host Bryan Le Beau delve into the history and meaning of Memorial Day.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2006
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Children's Blizzard
From: Talking History
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Guest, David Laskin discusses the surprise blizzard of 1888, that claimed lives of Midwesterners- many of them children. The program includes comme...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:02
Young Man in Maldives tells story of life since Tsunami
From: UNICEF
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this Story is free! Young Man in Maldives Describes Day-to-Day Life in a Temporary Camp

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:46
Sri Lankan Boy Tells Story of Tsunami's Effect on his Life
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Mohamed tells story of starting over after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:51
StoryCorps in Seattle
From: KUOW
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Listening in on StoryCorps Seattle

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WEZU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2005
  • Length: 23:58
  • Purchases: 3
Alexander Hamilton
From: Talking History
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Interview with Ron Chernow author of "Alexander Hamilton," and we continue our series of special readings from the unpublished recollections of the...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
American Secularism
From: Talking History
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Interview features a discussion on the history of freethinking in America; program includes our regular segment History in the News and a reading f...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Interview with James Morone: Hellfire Nation
From: Talking History
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Interview with James Morone: how “America became a nation with the soul of a church.” Anna Rubin comments on the new exhibit at The Smithsonian "W...

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Youth Take Action against Violence in Belize
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Youth Activist Marleni and others work hard to end violence in Belize through the youth-led movement Xchange

Bought by KZYX, AIFM, and WYSO


  • Added: May 18, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 3
The Death Penalty interview with Stuart Banner
From: Talking History
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Interview on the death penalty, regular features on history in the news and site of the week along with commentary on the centennial celebrations i...

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Paternalism
From: Talking History
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Interview with David Leverenz on the transformation of the image of the role and image of the father. Raymond Geselbracht comments on the relations...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00

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