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ATMI Reporter Max Jungreis sets out to find the answer to his question.
- Added: Oct 26, 2009
- Length: 01:44
"Keeping Score" is the incredible PBS music series that redefines everything we ever knew about "music education" and "music appreciation." The se...
Bought by PRX Demo Station
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
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: :34
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: :28
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: :27
As the long time English horn player with the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy has seen and heard just about everything. From his seat in the o...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 1
Recording duets with yourself, meaning recording both parts of a duet, is not a new invention. You record the first part, and then record the seco...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
On her "Journey to the New World" CD, guitarist Sharon Isbin plays both parts on some Renaissance duets, with the help of modern recording technolo...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :21
- Purchases: 1
You may have heard the saying, "familiarity breeds contempt." In the classical music world, conductor Paavo Jarvi says familiarity can sometimes b...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
"Authenticity" became the buzz word for playing Baroque music in the 80's and 90's and the "Authentic Instrument" movement changed the way we now p...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
If you ever enter into a friendly competition over which art form is the most powerful, or holds the greatest potential, you might want to consider...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :27
The middle of the 20th century saw both enormous growth and struggle for new classical music. Part of the struggle, according to composer John Cor...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :24
The benefit of working with a living composer is you can get instruction and clarification directly from the source. On the other hand, it might b...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :25
It's not unusual for a well known guitarist to play and record the most famous guitar concerto of all time, the Concierto di Aranjuez by Joaquin Ro...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :19
Reality checks are healthy and provide valuable perspective. But they can also be shocking, surprising and really knock us off our feet. Violinis...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :26
How does a performer choose the music they'll play? First and foremost, performers play the music they love – the music that resonates for them. ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :15
It's not uncommon for performers to study the historical and theoretical aspects of the music they play. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein knows her hist...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
On a few occasions, pianist Simone Dinnerstein gets herself into trouble on the concert stage. Nothing too serious, but the difficulty usually beg...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
Every orchestra has a trademark - it can be their overall sound, an instrumental section within the orchestra like the Chicago Symphony Brass, or i...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :29
Dvorak's "New World" Symphony is at the top of nearly everyone's "Hit Parade" - and his other big symphonies and the Cello Concerto are not far beh...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :26
One of Brahms best known orchestral works is his "Variations on a Theme by Haydn." Although it's best known in its orchestral version, Brahms firs...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :21
About ten years ago, cellist Matt Haimovitz took the Bach Cello Suites out of the concert hall and started playing them in bars and night clubs. T...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :26
When violinist Julia Fischer performs with other musicians, she likes that opportunity to make personal connections on stage. When she plays the S...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :26
You may have heard that the future of the recording industry is somewhat up in the air as new technologies make it possible to access music in new ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :22
Conductor Arturo Toscanini was known as the poster child for bad behavior on the podium. Fortunately, the days of the yelling, screaming, raging t...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :25
