The Zemlinsky String Quartet – in concert – Jagdsaal Schwetzingen – March 8, 2011 – SWRS-Radio/RNE Clasica – Over to Schwetzingen by way of Madrid this weekend for a concert featuring the Zemlinsky String Quartet given on March 8, 2011 and originally broadcast by SWRS Radio and relayed over to
March 16, 1942 – News From Radio Tokyo – English Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As propaganda goes, every side paints a picture much different than the other side paints. In this case, Radio Tokyo portrayed the natives in newly captured Rangoon, Batavia and Manila as happy, relieved
Red Hour – in session for John Peel – recorded November 17, 1991 – broadcast; January 4, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – If last night’s entry of Glass Torpedoes was baffling in its virtual obscuring, tonight’s entry of Red Hour in session for John Peel, recorded in November of
March 15, 1942 – News In English from Radio Tokyo – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1942 – As the Japanese sweep across Southeast Asia continued, Radio Tokyo was making maximum use of the propaganda those victories in Rangoon, Java and The Dutch East Indies brought. Reporting the
March 15, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1979 – a busy and hopeful news day with Egypt and Israel and the much anticipated peace settlement at the center. Moving closer to a final agreement, Egypt’s Anwar Sadat at an informal news
Glass Torpedoes – in session for John Peel – January 9, 1980 BBC Radio 1 – Glass Torpedoes in session tonight. Recorded January 9 and broadcast on the 24th by John Peel for BBC Radio 1 and i their only session done for Peel. Another band whose comparative lack of
– Albert Einstein – Speaking at the Opening of the Museum Of Science and Industry, New York – April 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Albert Einstein – born on this day in 1879, turning 137 today. One of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century, Einstein’s work
– JFK Press Conference – March 14, 1962 – On this day in 1962, President Kennedy delivered his 27th News conference. He opened by reading a portion of a letter to Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the upcoming disarmament conference in Geneva and the goals the White House was
Christian Manen – Piano Concerto – Aline van Barentzen w/The ORTF Symphony, Pierre Dervaux, cond. – 1965 – ORTF – The music of Christian Manen this week – a French composer, still very much with us and with a prodigious output of some 180 (and counting) compositions for Orchestra, soloists,
A Night Out – Radio Play by Harold Pinter – March 1, 1960 – BBC Radio Third Programme – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – First performed as a radio play before being adapted for Television a month later, A Night Out was, like all of the early work of Harold
