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In 2006 Paste magazine named Josh Ritter one of the top 100 living songwriters. But shortly after completing his 2008 album, "Historical Conquests...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: May 13, 2010
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Two musical legends look back on their 40 year friendship
Bought by KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public and more
- Added: May 05, 2010
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 30
Violinist Janine Jansen has played the Beethoven Violin Concerto but learned something new when she recorded it. Use this 27 second clip to intro...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :27
On a warm New York night in August, 2007, an unknown pianist went to bed not knowing that she was about to become an overnight sensation. Her name...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :25
Pianist Rafal Blechacz is from Poland, so it’s perhaps natural he would play a lot of Chopin, Poland’s most famous composer. But there are other r...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :27
Pat Surface has been creating music in Northern MN for over 30 years and his new CD with The Boundary Water Boys is called Holy Wind - an album ins...
- Added: Apr 12, 2010
- Length: 17:21
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The traditional view is that the s...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 1
The Piano Sonata No 2 by Chopin is best known for the funeral march in the third movement. That march has been immortalized from its appearances i...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The tradition and traditional view...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :19
The young pianist from China, Yuja Wang is generating considerable excitement for her playing and astounding technical mastery of composers like Ra...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :18
- Purchases: 1
Although we primarily think of Bach as a composer and the ultimate keyboard player, he also played the violin. Hilary Hahn has been playing Bach t...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
Small or "soft" are not concepts we normally associate with Beethoven's music, and especially the Beethoven Piano Concertos. Pianist Till Fellner ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
It's not unusual for performers to devote themselves to a short list of composers. Some have even taken a year off to only study and play one comp...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
Bach's short keyboard works are just that: short. You have to find the musical character quickly, otherwise the piece is over. When pianist Till...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :19
This week, there's a pink skull in my beach house.
Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
- Added: Jan 11, 2010
- Length: 57:07
- Purchases: 3
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings has become the American anthem for peace and comfort during times of national sadness and loss. Barber also wro...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
When guitarist Manuel Barrueco teamed up with conductor and tenor Placido Domingo to record the famous guitar concertos by Rodrigo, along with some...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
Perspective – that magical line between the head and the heart. It’s something conductor Robert Spano tries to maintain whenever he conducts his f...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
It started out as the slow movement for a string quartet, but with the help of a major film, and its presence at prominent national events, Samuel ...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
Every so often you find an extraordinary talent in your own back yard… Mr. Oliver Shearer lives close to the studio of Radio Curious and has many c...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 28:56
The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 28:01
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 29:00
From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a Sudanese musician living in Dubai, whose R&B hits have attracted listeners from across the Middle Eas...
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 07:41
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie had formal music training all her life, including attending the Royal Academy of Music in London. Still, some of her ...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
"Give 100 percent": that old saying and sports mantra has lost some of its meaning over time, but it's an approach and mentality that's still work...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
