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Virtuoso Voices - Emmanuel Pahud (Clearly in Charge)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Emmanuel Pahud, Credit: Photo by Shelia Rock
When the soloist and orchestra are playing a concerto, who's in charge? Is it the soloist, the conductor - the orchestra? Someone has to make sur...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (More to Come)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The soloist faces a number of temptations in the Sibelius Violin Concerto, especially the magical moments at the beginning. For Hilary Hahn, the t...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Who Knew?)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Something unthinkable and unimaginable recently occurred in the classical music world. The Violin Concerto by the often maligned Arnold Schoenberg...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :25
Chris Kokesh: A Fabulous Women
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Interview of Chris Kokesh a fabulous Fiddle and Guitar player

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
J-Kronic Is Da Bomb!
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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J-Kronic Interview

  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:00
Iraqi Translators Risk Everything
From: Adam Allington
Series: Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq
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Interview with Iraqi translator working for U.S. military

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
Virtuoso Voices - Steven Isserlis (Father Knows Best)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Bach Cello Suites are the cellist's Holy Grail. The exquisite nature of the music is both a source of inspiration and intimidation. Cellist S...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Good Risk)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Simone Dinnerstein's recording of the Goldberg Variations by Bach (Telarc 80692).

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Emanuel Ax (Clapping Wanted)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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For some, proper "decorum," is our connection with decency and doing things in a more civilized way. Pianist Emanuel Ax says there's a little too ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: :29
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Bach Speaks)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When it comes to interpreting the Goldberg Variations, many view the 1955 Glenn Gould recording as the gold standard. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein h...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: :21
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Berlin Without Walls - Just Simon
From: WNYC
Series: Berlin Without Walls
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In this series, we examine various aspects of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, in both modern and historical context. From the players themselves...

Bought by WDAV Classical Public Radio, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WETS


  • Added: Jan 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Yo-Yo Ma (Connecting the Dots)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Silk Road Tour is cellist Yo-Yo Ma's ongoing quest to discover the cultural connections covering the large swath of land between the Mediterran...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :32
The Johnny Cash Show
From: Joyride Media
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Highlights from Johnny Cash's variety television program.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WMMT, KFCF FM, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Gay-Straight Alliances
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A exploration of the history of Gay-Straight Alliance clubs in Anchorage high schools.

Bought by KOOP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Herbert Blomstedt (Symphony of Swans - Long)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Some composers are influenced by other composers and earlier styles and trends. That was surely the case with Jean Sibelius, but conductor Herbert...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :41
Global Echoes: Mbira Project Crew
From: Katie Burningham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Short feature about the Mbira, or African thumb piano, for BBC Radio Oxford

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:49
Motherless Mothers - An Interview with Hope Edelman
From: Rachel Levin
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Hope Edelman discusses her follow-up book to NY Times Bestseller Motherless Daughters

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 19:31
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Debilitating Liszt)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Huge. Blockbuster. Larger than life. Those are just a few of the ways you could describe the Piano Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt. Awadagin P...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Creating an Old Fashioned Summer in a Fast-Paced World
From: Deb Krumholz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author Mimi Doe talks about using summer as an opportunity to help our kids slow down the pace of their lives

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 23:52
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 1. The First Jews
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Their long climb from poverty to prominence and prosperity in the New World

Bought by WCPN, KWIT, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 16
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 2. The Streets Were Paved with Gold: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 1
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Jewish immigrants found a harsh life and no gold on the Lower East Side. The program describes aspects of daily immigrant life including tenements,...

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 3. Becoming Americans: A Journey Through the Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 2
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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The Yiddish Theater - Culture and religion of the Old Country abandoned - The Triangle Shirtwaist fire - Assimilation into mainstream America

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 10
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 4. White Christmas: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley & Hollywood, Part 1
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Jewish immigrants like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and George Gershwin reinvented American popular music

Bought by WCPN, KCSM, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 15
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 5. Over the Rainbow: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood, Part 2
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Yiddish-speaking moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn created Hollywood, and an idealized, small-town Protestant America that never was.

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 9

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