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220129 First Rock and Roll Song - The Short Instrumentals
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock ...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6
Lives in Music: Mark Robinson - 40 years in the UK's CBSO
From: Robin Valk
Series: Lives in Music
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40 years in one of the UK's finest orchestras. Mark Robinson has stories!

  • Added: Feb 07, 2020
  • Length: 51:21
Live From Studio 10 (Episode 14) North By North
From: WBEZ
Series: Live From Studio 10
Caption: North By North
Chicago’s gritty blues rock trio North by North have done something very ambitious with their debut LP- they made it an 18 track double album, and ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 57:12
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Virtuoso Voices - Kim Kashkashian (A Very Proud Thief)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Kim Kashkashian, Credit: courtesy of WGBH
In addition to being the butt of musical instrument jokes, the viola suffers from “lack of solo music syndrome.” Violist Kim Kashkashian says that...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :14
Virtuoso Voices - Robert Spano (The War Room)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Robert Spano
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra operates under a management approach known as “collective leadership.” Conductor Robert Spano is clearly in charge,...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and WETS


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Copland's Afterthought)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
The English horn is a specialty instrument -- a longer, deeper version of the oboe. One of the English horn's best known moments comes with the lo...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Beethoven Boogie Woogie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Simone Dinnerstein
Beethoven's last piano sonata contains one of classical music's all-time most shocking moments. Right in the middle of the sonata, without warning...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Bach on a Can)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
Although the practice is as old as music itself, taking a piece of music for one instrument and adapting it to another still causes scowls and glar...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :19
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Finnish Rock)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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In classical music, labels and categories can provide a helpful context and entry point to enjoying a composer or composition. But they can also b...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :29
#2: The Rite of Spring, or when Lenny met Igor
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Few musical works have inspired so many stories as Stravinsky's 1913 hit, The Rite of Spring. These are just three or four of them.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KGLT, KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 8
#1: The Birth, Reversion, and Rebirth of "The Soldier's Tale"
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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The 46-year history behind a new release of Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale"

  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah 360)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...

Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 5