– Sviatoslav Richter in recital at the 1986 Tivoli Music Festival – 1986 – NRK-Copenhagen/American Public Radio – Another rarity this week. This time from the 1986 Tivoli Gardens Music Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. A recital given by the legendary Sviatoslav Richter in an all Beethoven program. It was broadcast
February 18, 1940 – NBC Red Network Special Coverage from SS. Rex – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 18, 1940 – Safely out of the war zone, and on a liner bound for the U.S., Foreign Correspondent William Hillman, who was leaving Italy and bound for New York offers
A rare shortwave broadcast from Radio Tokyo with the news (and commentary) in English. A gist of the events of the day: From British and Japanese sources indications are that between 55,000 and 60,000 British, Australian and Indian troops with their auxiliaries fell into Japanese hands at the surrender of
R.E.M. – In Concert at Milton Keynes Stadium – July 30, 1995 – Monster Tour – BBC Radio 1 – And Patrons get perks . . .seriously: Become a Patron! R.E.M. in concert this afternoon. From the 1995 UK Monster Tour, a set from their Milton Keynes Stadium gig and
February 17, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 2000 – A lot going on – an election year, higher interest rates and the Pentagon defends its program to vaccinate troops against the Anthrax virus. Amid criticisms and a Congressional
Elbow – live at Reading Festival 2001 – BBC Radio 1 – Elbow to start off the week. At a concert recorded during the 2001 Reading Festival and preserved for posterity by the BBC. For all the complaints about the current state of affairs in music, the objects of derision
Back over to Switzerland this weekend for music of Walther Geiser – his Fantasie Number 1 for String Orchestra, performed in this May 23, 1964 Radio Studio recording by The Radio Bern String Orchestra, Thjeo Hug, conductor and featuring Eberhard Glamsch and Eugen Huber, pianos. Wather Geiser was a violist,
– Bill Evans and Lee Konitz – Live at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin – October 29, 1965 A rather short one this week, but essential. Jazz legends Bill Evans and Lee Konitz, trading views on stage at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin on October 29, 1965. With drummer Alan Dawson and
Queens Of The Stone Age – Reading 2000 – BBC 6 Music – Queens Of The Stone Age, in concert at The Reading Festival in 2000 (are you joking? Twenty-six YEARS AGO??). The Palm Desert California band were one of the highlights of a festival that included headliners Oasis
– Chicago University Roundtable of The Air – Emotions And World Problems – Oct. 31, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One gets the impression the latest round of violence gripping seemingly everywhere around the world is part of a new phenomenon – the issues and the political climate
