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Trumpet time, Eddie Henderson interprets Wayne Shorter. Then to usher in the topic of the hour, former employees Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Ji...
Bought by KMXT, WVBI-LP, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more
- Added: Feb 02, 2016
- Length: 01:59:56
- Purchases: 6
Part 2 of a two-part survey of the instrumental concertos by the Korean composer Unsuk Chin
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 59:01
A survey of the instrumental concertos by the Korean composer Unsuk Chin
- Added: Oct 10, 2015
- Length: 58:27
A survey of the operas by the late Mexican composer Daniel Catán
- Added: Apr 06, 2015
- Length: 59:00
A survey of music by the fast-rising young alt+classical composer, Mason Bates.
- Added: Mar 10, 2015
- Length: 59:00
A pair of musical works by American composers David Lang and Caroline Shaw that became instant classics
- Added: Sep 16, 2014
- Length: 59:01
What makes American music American? Composer and violinist Mark O’Connor tries to tell that story – or history – in his “Appalachia Waltz.” Use th...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :33
Composer Mark O’Connor says there’s a “stir fry” element that defines American music. People from different lands stirred their own musical experi...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :28
The “Poem” by Charles Tomlinson Griffes is, in a way, one of the quintessential American works for flute and orchestra. But flutist Carol Wincenc ...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :14
The “Symphonic Dances for Orchestra” is one of the best known works Rachmaninoff wrote after a long and punishing creative drought. The Dances rep...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :25
Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff suffered the musical equivalent of writer’s block for three agonizing years. When he finally emerged from his creativ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :22
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :30
As the English horn player for the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy says he's been privileged to work with some of the finest conductors from se...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
The challenge to successfully bringing off a virtuoso concerto is as challenging to the conductor as it is to the soloist... well almost as challen...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 1
The Piano Concerto No. 2 by Liszt basically consists of one short theme that the composer recycles multiple times. While the melody is continually...
Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
Composer Alexander Zemlinsky was one of several German composers who ran afoul of the German government in the early 20th century. Conductor James...
- Added: Jul 28, 2008
- Length: :24
Alexander Zemlinsky is one of several early 20th century German composers whose music was suppressed by the Nazis prior to World War Two. Conducto...
- Added: Jul 28, 2008
- Length: :23
