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This I Believe - George Bowering

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Canadian poet George Bowering believes human intellect is the closest thing we have to the divine.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ

Added: Aug 22, 2007
Length: 03:24
Purchases: 3

Fundraising Voices: Produced Funders - Joshua Bell (Heavenly)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.

For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by KTXK, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF, WSKG and more

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 19

Fundraising Voices: Produced Funders - Joshua Bell (Better Than Words)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.

For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by KTXK, KHNS, New Hampshire Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF and more

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 19

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Don't Worry)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...

Bought by WITF

Added: Aug 01, 2007
Length: :22
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Melody and Words)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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 - Stephen Hough (Chopin's Legendary Ballades)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Chopin's Ballades for piano scale some of the hefty dramatic and emotional heights that personify the "romantic" era of composition from the late 1...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 31, 2007
Length: :31
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Sad Songs are Uplifting)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Two of violinist Joshua Bell's most recent recordings are devoted to well-known songs and arias that he arranged for violin and piano and violin an...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :17
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Haydn's Children)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Perfect Violin Concerto)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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

Virtuoso Voices - Roy Goodman (Mozart's Horn)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

If you're a horn player, Mozart's a likely hero. He wrote four gorgeous concertos for horn plus some shorter solo pieces. Admirers of Mozart's ho...

Bought by WHRV and WITF

Added: Jul 30, 2007
Length: :33
Purchases: 2

Benny Goodman: Flyin' Home

From: Joyride Media

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

This I Believe - Mary Chapin Carpenter

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter believes in valuing the simple blessings each day brings.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and WMRA

Added: Jul 02, 2007
Length: 03:53
Purchases: 5

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Not Always Sweet)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Yolanda Kondonassis is an advocate for harp music new and old. When she lobbies today's composers, she encourages them to both appreciate and thin...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Salzedo's Sugar)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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 - Yolanda Kondonassis (Who's Hovhaness?)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Traditionally, composers have gone beyond their own national boundaries for their creative inspiration. One composer who frequently thought and co...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: :29
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Copland's Career Change)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Aaron Copland is called the "Father of American classical music" for his ability to set American landscapes and the American spirit to music. Befo...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 20, 2007
Length: :23
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (America's Debussy)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

In Classical Music, "Impressionism" means the music of Debussy and Ravel - and light washes of sound and pastel-like colors. Though impressionism ...

Bought by WITF

Added: Jun 20, 2007
Length: :23
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Primal)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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)

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 (Forces of Evil)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Violinist Gil Shaham says Prokofiev "never wrote a bad note." But in Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata, Shaham is drawn more to the Sonata's back st...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 30, 2007
Length: :30
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Loyalty to Brahms)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

Who comes first, the composer or the performer? Despite his best intentions, violinist Gil Shaham says it's impossible to stay personally detache...

Bought by WITF

Added: May 29, 2007
Length: :28
Purchases: 1

Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Sunny Side Up)

From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)

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)

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