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In the eleventh hour of Jazz at 100, we followed Count Basie through the Benny Moten Band in Kansas City and heard his first recordings as a leader...
Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, RadioStPete Florida, WCNY and more
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 23
A moment of exuberance taken from the Chaconne of J.S. Bach's Partita in D Minor, BWV 1004.
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 07:39
The exquisite "Amen" from Brahms' Geistliches Lied, Op. 30.
Performed by Singers of Anam Cara, directed by James Jordan.
- Added: Apr 14, 2017
- Length: 06:29
Today's Musical Moment is taken from the Adagio movement of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, featuring Van Cliburn, Eugene Ormandy & The ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2017
- Length: 04:35
This week we feature new music from Life Of Agony, White Light Cemetery, Danko Jones, Swamphammer, Rat Bastard Syndicate and Tokyo Motor Fist. Plu...
Bought by Bandon Community Radio, KSRQ, and WYAP
- Added: Mar 11, 2017
- Length: 02:39:17
- Purchases: 3
The latest installment in our series of composer biographies presents the 19th century Austrian titan Anton Bruckner. We'll explore his work and hi...
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- Length: 59:00
With William Blake’s famous words as a stepping-off point, we’re traversing the pastoral musical landscapes of the British Isles. Episode 1 of 5.
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- Length: 58:59
With William Blake’s famous words as a stepping-off point, we’re traversing the pastoral musical landscapes of the British Isles. Episode 5 of 5.
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- Length: 58:58
With William Blake’s famous words as a stepping-off point, we’re traversing the pastoral musical landscapes of the British Isles. Episode 2 of 5.
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- Length: 58:58
With William Blake’s famous words as a stepping-off point, we’re traversing the pastoral musical landscapes of the British Isles. Episode 4 of 5.
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- Length: 58:57
It’s a lot more than just pianos. We’ll follow the story of the musical keyboard, from the ancient Greeks all the way to synthesizers, examining mu...
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- Length: 59:00
"The greatest genius that ever lived," proclaimed WH Auden, while Rossini said that Wagner had "beautiful moments but awful quarters of an hour." L...
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We've borrowed our title from the 1941 jazz standard, but what is a rhapsody? In music, Grove defines a rhapsody is "an episodic instrumental compo...
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- Length: 59:00
Continuing our massive series in examining the symphony, widely considered one of the most important forms of classical music. Our exploration this...
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- Length: 58:58
We’ll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard’s verse, including a suite from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and excerpts f...
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- Length: 58:58
We’ll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard’s verse, including a suite from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and excerpts f...
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- Length: 58:57
With communications and travel offering cultural exchange like never before, today’s composer draws from an enormous palette, giving voice to the a...
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- Length: 58:57
With communications and travel offering cultural exchange like never before, today’s composer draws from an enormous palette, giving voice to the a...
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- Length: 58:57
With communications and travel offering cultural exchange like never before, today’s composer draws from an enormous palette, giving voice to the a...
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- Length: 58:58
With communications and travel offering cultural exchange like never before, today’s composer draws from an enormous palette, giving voice to the a...
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- Length: 58:58
This week we will explore the sections of the modern orchestra, instruments that are hit, plucked, blown through, fingered, and bowed. Bill will po...
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- Length: 58:57
The whole idea of Jazz vocals remains very elusive and fuzzy. Some singers prefer being called Jazz singers while some do not. Host, Richard Hadloc...
- Added: Mar 24, 2016
- Length: 59:05
Full length radio documentary on jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi documenting his life through the voices of Guaraldi biographer Derrick Ba...
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 01:42:23
- Purchases: 2
This week's focus is musical buffoonery! Music is a language, and like all others it has its jokes, witticisms, and puns. For composers, clowning ...
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- Length: 58:59
This week's focus is musical buffoonery! Music is a language, and like all others it has its jokes, witticisms, and puns. For composers, clowning ...
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- Length: 58:57
