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Michel Beroff - plays Bartok this week

Erich Leinsdorf With Michel Beroff And The Cleveland Orchestra In Music Of Stravinsky, Bartok And Bizet/Shchedrin – 1976 – The Mid-Week Concert

Cleveland Orchestra – Erich Leinsdorf, guest Conductor – Michel Beroff, Piano – 1975-1976 season Continuing our leap around the vault this week with a concert by The Cleveland Orchestra, guest conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and featuring the French/Bulgarian Pianist Michel Beroff in music of Stravinsky, Bartok and Bizet/Shchederin. This concert

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A Report From Alistair Cooke – December 9, 1936

Long before Masterpiece Theatre – Alistair Cooke was looking at the world for the BBC. Alistair Cooke, reporting from London, this December 9, 1936 – the occasion was a rapid succession of reports regarding the impending marriage between King Edward VIII and the abdication of the King in order to

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Past Daily Is Having Their Year-End Fundraiser

https://gofund.me/5557e94ab We haven’t done this in a while, but every so often we run short – don’t hit the mark – lose subscribers – people get distracted. It costs a bunch to keep the archive up and rolling as well as the website. We had a major overhaul this year

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Hijackings And Oil Prices – December 9, 1981

– CBS Radio News On The Hour – December 9, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Compared to other December 9th’s in history, December 9, 1981 was downright calm. On this particular day the news was about the OPEC meeting in Adu Dhabi and the promise of a Christmas gift

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