Become a Patron! NPR – Voices In The Wind – Tribute To Serge Koussevitsky – July 28, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the early 1970s, when National Public Radio was getting off the ground, getting its feet wet and finding its way, it was an exciting adventure
Pretty please? Become a Patron! – The English Chamber Orchestra – Heinz Holliger, Oboe – Paul Sacher, Cond. – 1971 Aldeburgh Festival – BBC Concert Hall – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to historic concerts this week. From the 1971 Aldeburgh Festival, a performance by the English Chamber orchestra,
– Tcherepnine plays Tcherepnine – The NBC Music Guild – 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into music from the 1930s this week, with a recital by the Russian composer Alexander Tcherepnine, who was on a brief tour of the U.S. in 1938 and performed this recital for
We need you: Become a Patron! – Netherlands Radio Symphony – Carlos Miguel Prieto, cond. December 4, 2005 – VPRO – Over to Hilversum this week for a 2005 concert by the Netherlands Radio Symphony, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto in music by Alphons Diepenbrock and Tchaikovsky. Alphons Diepenbrock isn’t
You can do a lot with coffee: Schmitt: La Tragèdie de Salomè – Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Andrè Cluytens, cond. 1950 Besancon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. A popular figure during the first four decades of the 20th Century, Florent Schmitt
Subscribe: Become a Patron! Part 1 Cleveland Orch. Ehrling/DeLarrocha – Feb. 23, 1978 – Part 1 Part 2 Cleveland Orch, Ehrling/DeLarrocha – Feb. 23, 1978 – Part 2 Another historic concert this week. The Cleveland Orchestra, guest conducted by Sixten Ehrling and featuring the legendary Alicia De Larrocha playing the
– NBC Radio – Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. Dec. 19, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing our Boston Symphony in Rehearsal this week, Charles Munch once again leads the BSO through a rehearsal of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 6 (or, according to announcer Olin Downes –
– Paul Badura-Skoda – in recital at Xavier University – February 5, 1978 – NPR Recital Hall – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic recitals this week. The legendary Paul Badura-Skoda, in concert at Xavier University on February 5, 1978 and captured for posterity by National Public Radio for the
