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Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Melody and Words)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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In a song or aria, what comes first - the melody or the words? It depends on whom you ask. A singer is almost guaranteed to say it's the words. ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Perfect Violin Concerto)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Joshua Bell's relationship with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto goes back more than 35 years. It's not just one of the world's favorite concertos ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 1
Benny Goodman: Flyin' Home
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour radio documentary explores Benny Goodman's life and music, and the impact it had on both jazz and popular culture.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WDCB, Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Salzedo's Sugar)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Carlos Salzedo was an innovative man of the harp. He performed, he taught, he built instruments and composed. As a composer, Yolanda Kondonassis ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Primal)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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 (Brahms is Humbling)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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 (Sunny Side Up)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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)
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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)
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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 - Cho-Liang Lin (The Big Picture)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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 - Richard Stoltzman (Don't be Boring)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (Young & Fearless)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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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)
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Laugh it Off)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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We all makes mistakes -- some just get noticed more than most, like when you're playing your violin on stage before an audience of thousands. Viol...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Defines Percussion)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When Evelyn Glennie tells people she plays percussion, they often assume she's the drummer in a Rock band. But since there are literally thousands...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Orion Weiss (Not About Me)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The piano part has the most notes -- thousands -- but it's a cello sonata. Pianist Orion Weiss talks about his need to play second fiddle to the ce...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WFSU


  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Orion Weis (Deep Massenet)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The "Meditation" from the Opera, "Thais", is the only moment we know from this all but forgotten opera by Jules Massenet. Today, the "Meditation" ...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WFSU


  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Menahem Pressler (Yes Dear)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Getting accepted as a student at a prestigious music school is a grueling and highly competitive process. At Indiana University, Piano Professor (...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Orion Weiss (Just Friends)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Two friends, both musicians, team up to play a romantic moment by Beethoven and Mozart. Even though, they're "just friends", cellist Julie Albers ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Orion Weiss (Cello on Fire)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Pianist Orion Weiss joins cellist Julie Albers for a performance of "Variations on a Paganini Theme" by Piatigorsky. It's a virtuosic showstopper f...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Citizenship 101)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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JoAnn Falletta is the conductor of the Virginia Symphony and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Although she is a frequent guest conductor around...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
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