1959 Vienna Festival – Pfitzner: Violin Concerto – Edith Peinemann, violin – Bamberg Symphony – Joseph Keilberth, cond – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1959 Vienna Festival this weekend. An excerpt from and a historic performance by The Bamberg Symphony, conducted by Joseph Keilberth and featuring the legendary Edith Peinemann
January 29, 1984 – ABC Hourly News – ABC Information Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Janaury 29, 1984 – Amid a carefully planned and executed announcement – President Reagan declared his candidacy for a second term as President. Keeping the team from the first term in place,
Jefferson Airplane – Live at the Fillmore – Feb. 4, 1967 – KMPX-FM Jefferson Airplane tonight; a tribute and a reminder. This is getting to be too much. We’ve scarcely come to grips with the losses of several Rock icons the past few weeks, when the news of the death
Alondra Bentley – live at RNE Radio 3 – January 4, 2015 – Radio Nacional España – Alondra Bentley – a name that may not ring many bells over here, but is well known in Spain and throughout Europe. Born in Britain to a British mother and Spanish father, she
Valery Gergiev, cond. The Marlinsky Orchestra – July 8, 2011 – RSR Switzerland – Part 1 Valery Gergiev, cond. The Marlinsky Orchestra – July 8, 2011 – RSR Switzerland – Part 2 Valery Gergiev leads the Marlinsky Orchestra this week in a concert featuring music of Profofiev, Shostakovich and Scarlatti
PAUW – Live at Eurosonic 2016 – January 15, 2016 – VPRO-3VOOR12 – Netherlands – PAUW – one of the surprise (or not-so-surprise) hits at Eurosonic this year. Regarded as one of the 7 memorable acts at Eurosonic, the Dutch Psych band cast a huge spell over the crowd and
January 26, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 26, 1996 – A day for executions and Grand Jury testimonies. On this day, the last execution by firing squad took place shortly after midnight, in Draper Utah. The condemned, John Albert Taylor, was convicted
January 25, 1956 – President Eisenhower Weekly Press Briefing – January 25, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25, 1956 – 60 years ago today, President Eisenhower faced a barrage of Journalists inquiries as part of his regular routine of keeping the Press informed about the goings on
DeWolff – Live At Eurosonic Festival 2016 – VPRO/3VOOR – The Netherlands – DeWolff in concert at Eurosonic 2016 at Groningen in The Netherlands just this past week. A lot of homegrown acts this year, and a lot of interesting music coming out of The Netherlands. DeWolff, a three-piece who,
1936 Music Guild Awards – Mitya Stillman – 1st Prize Winner – The NBC String Quartet – January 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1936 Music Guild Awards – the 1st Prize winner was Russian emigre Mitya Stillman, who settled in the U.S. shortly after the Russian
