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Conductor Admits to Music Addiction and Recovery
November 8, 2009
Conductor Lorin Maazel's addiction contained no nicotine, but plenty of side effects.
Virtuoso Voices
Composer Michael Torke's Thanksgiving Destiny
November 22, 2009
You never know where you'll find your Muse
Virtuoso Voices
Maya Shankar: A Moving Reunion with Music
November 11, 2009
From the Top alumna Maya Shankar was on a course to becoming a professional violinist when a terrible set back turned her life in a completely new direction. Music was a part of her past until a surprising phone call changed everything, again.
From The Top
"Nebraska Concerts" Offers Classical Music in November
October 30, 2009
This month "Nebraska Concerts" features Smooth Romance from Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra and Ravel's "Bolero" from the Omaha Symphony; lovely chamber music from Lincoln's Third Chair Chamber Players, harpist Julie Smith, and a harpsichord/flute duo; and a Spring Choral Spectacular from the Abendmusik: Lincoln series. NET Radio's weekly series of fine music performed and recorded on Nebraska's stages airs Sundays at 2 p.m. CT.
NET Radio
Backstage Pass with Ossia
October 27, 2009
Ossia, the Eastman School of Music student-run ensemble
National
Two Degrees of Separation
November 15, 2009
French pianist enjoys a true French Connection
Virtuoso Voices
That JSB -- He's Always in Style
November 1, 2009
Harpist hails a 17th Century contemporary
Virtuoso Voices
Berlioz Takes His Romance to the Concert Hall
October 25, 2009
How celebrities made their confessions before the era of Larry King and other forms of "mea culpa media" took over the world.
Virtuoso Voices
Gustavo Dudamel: His debut is complete
October 16, 2009
Venezuelan conducting wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel took his official bow as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Christian Science Monitor
Nothing Says Quiet Like Oblivion
October 18, 2009
Violinist Joshua Bell resists romantic Argentinean urges
Virtuoso Voices
Young Cellist Shares the Power of Music with Patients at an Atlanta Hospital
October 7, 2009
From the Top's Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership program provides skills, resources and opportunities for performers to connect with new audiences, serve as positive peer role models, and give back to their communities in many ways.
From The Top
Stephanie Nilles: Classical Pianist Brings Training to Jazz/Folk Career
October 7, 2009
This year marks From the Top's tenth anniversary in public broadcasting; in celebration, the show is catching up with interesting alumni from past seasons. Emerging jazz/folk artist Stephanie Nilles is this week's alumni profile.
From The Top
First Listen
October 1, 2009
"Brahms In Berlin, The Symphonies": Hear The Berlin Philharmonic Play Brahms' Symphonies In Their Entirety
Blank Arts Source
"Nebraska Concerts" in October Features Performances from Lincoln, Hastings and Omaha
September 28, 2009
This month "Nebraska Concerts" takes listeners to the movies with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, then to Hastings with pianist Joel Fan, then to the River City for a performance from the Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra, and back to Lincoln with the Ying Quartet. NET Radio's weekly series of fine music performed and recorded on Nebraska's stages airs Sundays at 2 p.m. CT.
NET Radio
"Keeping Score" on PBS redefines "music appreciation" as we know it
October 11, 2009
Finding the "Rosebud" moments in Berlioz, Ives and Shostakovich
Virtuoso Voices
Michael Tilson Thomas Shakes a Stick
October 4, 2009
MTT finds new ways to tell the orchestra "Sssshhhhh".
Virtuoso Voices
Note by Note - The Making of Steinway L1037
September 14, 2009
the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037, from forest floor to concert hall
PBS
America's Greatest Conductor and Room Changer
September 27, 2009
All he had to do was walk in the room
Virtuoso Voices
Cellist is Happy to Play the Straight Man on Stage
September 13, 2009
Cellist Lynn Harrell's funny partner
Virtuoso Voices
Caroline Goulding Takes it all in Stride
September 1, 2009
From the Top interviews rising young violinist Caroline Goulding, whose self-titled debut album hit stores last week.
From The Top
Tchaikovsky is a Labor of Love and Labor
September 6, 2009
Violin Concerto is worth all the labor all year long
Virtuoso Voices
Play Now...Write (it down) Later
August 30, 2009
Gershwin Worked backwards on his Rhapsody in Blue
Virtuoso Voices
Horowitz Rediscovered At Carnegie Hall
August 23, 2009
Private Collection, a set of Carnegie Hall performances from 1948 and '49 by Vladimir Horowitz, is being released to the public after digital restoration
NPR
Biss and Beethoven's Blood Sweat and Tears
August 23, 2009
Pianist gives it his all -- and says it's the least and most he must do
Virtuoso Voices
Nebraska Concerts
August 31, 2009
"Nebraska Concerts" in September has a wide variety of music, with performances by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, the Abendmusik Men's Chorus and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Men's Chorus, the Omaha Symphony and the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. NET Radio's weekly series of fine music performed and recorded on Nebraska's stages airs Sundays at 2 p.m. CT.
NET Radio
Pianist Ji-Yong: From Korean Idol to College Freshman
August 9, 2009
18-year-old pianist Ji-Yong has been in the professional music world since the age of 10. About to begin college, he speaks with From the Top about participating on a new Telarc recording, a chamber group with pop idol status in Korea, and his philanthropic ambitions.
From The Top
A Conversation with Glimmerglass Opera Artistic Director Michael MacCleod
August 7, 2009
Glimmerglass Opera Artistic Director Michael MacCleod talks with WXXI's Brenda Tremblay about the challenges facing the company.
National
A Conversation with Glimmerglass Opera Artistic Director Michael MacCleod
August 15, 2009
Glimmerglass Opera Artistic Director Michael MacCleod talks with WXXI's Brenda Tremblay about the challenges facing the company.
National
Gold Standard For Bach's 'Goldberg Variations'
August 12, 2009
Bach's Goldberg Variations function not only as a brilliant investigation of a sublime theme, but also as a masterly compendium of style and a study in how to write idiomatically for the keyboard. Murray Perahia's recording combines energetic rhythms with seasoned musicality.
NPR
AUG 2009 HOT PICK CD/NEW RELEASES
August 1, 2009
Mining Engineers Dig Out and Buff Up an Old Treasure!
NET Radio
A Flutist Makes Ends Meet With Music
July 21, 2009
Every year American colleges, universities and conservatories graduate hundreds of trained classical musicians. Only a small handful will be able to get full-time salaried work with a major orchestra. Yet flutist Tod Brody has managed to find a way to pay the bills with his music.
NPR
Pastoral Passion: Ravel's 'Daphnis and Chloe'
July 23, 2009
Ravel's magical orchestration and subtle sensuality bring an aura of poetry to this pastoral drama. Jean Martinon guides the Chicago Symphony in this 1964 recording.
NPR
"Nebraska Concerts" in August Features Classical Music Encores
July 27, 2009
This month "Nebraska Concerts" features encores of some of the best programs from the past year, including performances from the Meadowlark Music Festival, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, the Nebraska Brass and Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music series. NET Radio's weekly series of fine music performed and recorded on Nebraska's stages airs Sundays at 2 p.m. CT.
NET Radio
Josquin Des Prez's Luminous Sound
July 18, 2009
He was the greatest composer of the Renaissance, and as significant a figure in his own day as Beethoven was in the early 19th century. Hear the pure, expressive sound of his Missa Pange Lingua illuminated brilliantly by a choral group called the Tallis Scholars.
NPR
Beethoven's Fateful Beginning
August 9, 2009
Hope for the best at the beginning of Beethoven's 5th
Virtuoso Voices
Sharon Isbin Sees Unicorns
August 2, 2009
21st century guitarist feels at home in the 16th century
Virtuoso Voices
Familiarity Breeds Complacency in Dvorak's
July 26, 2009
They know the notes -- and that's the problem.
Virtuoso Voices
Brilliant Beethoven By The Emerson Quartet
July 9, 2009
The Emerson Quartet waited many years before recording all 16 of Beethoven's string quartets. The group's seven-CD, Grammy-winning effort sets a benchmark for interpreting Beethoven's sometimes difficult music.
NPR
Aaron Copland's American Vision
July 7, 2009
Commentator Rob Kapilow explains how Copland's pure, American sound springs from two simple chords that open the ballet Appalachian Spring. Stacked upon each other, the chords reveal a sound like all of America, like the purest values, and like Shaker simplicity.
NPR
Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin At His Greatest
July 3, 2009
Leonard Bernstein does full justice to the still racy and spontaneous score of Rhapsody In Blue in this 1959 recording. As both conductor and pianist, he brings a smoky, sultry jazziness to the piece.
NPR
Jonathan Dunsby on the future of classical music
June 24, 2009
Eastman theory prof Jonathan Dunsby, the recently-elected president of the Music Theory Society of New York, talks with WXXI's Brenda Tremblay.
National
Waves of Sound: Debussy's La Mer
June 25, 2009
Debussy's fantastical, Impressionistic vision of the Mediterranean sea is one of the great masterpieces of the symphonic literature. Charles Munch brings out the vivid imagery of light on water with his spontaneous, organic style.
NPR
Classical Music's Quick Change Artist
July 12, 2009
Mozart knew how to switch musical channels
Virtuoso Voices
The Brooklyn Cowboy
June 28, 2009
The Eastern European Immigrant who created the Musical Soundtrack for America
Virtuoso Voices
Cellist Sticks His Neck Out
July 19, 2009
Matt Haimovitz thinks outside the concert hall
Virtuoso Voices
Guitarist Plays Duets By Herself
July 5, 2009
This guitarist enjoys occasional episodes of musical schizophrenia
Virtuoso Voices
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