Part One: Part Two: Another historic concert this week. This one from 1958, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent and featuring the legendary Hungarian pianist Andor Foldes in a program of music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bartok. Beginning with the first performance outside the Soviet
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49889″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 20, 1939 – Radio Hungary, Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt at
Become a Patron! Over to Geneva Switzerland for a historic concert by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by their Music Director of many years Ernest Ansermet and featuring the legendary Artur Rubinstein, piano in a concert recorded April 27, 1960. It was rebroadcast as part of the ongoing RTS
If you like this, and want to hear more every day, you might want to support it: Become a Patron! I thought I would dive into some Americana this week by way of a classic and previously unavailable concert featuring the legendary Oscar Levant on Piano with The Los Angeles
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49596″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 23, 1945 – H.V. Kaltenborn and the News – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! News for this day in 1941 was ominous but not unexpected. Bulgaria, reeling under the oppressive weight of the Nazi Government, relented and signed
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6730″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for January 30, 1948- NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Further evidence that some events which take place in history are not necessarily considered devastating at the time they occurred. This one, for example – the assassination of India’s
Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta – Bud & Travis- Folk Night At The Bowl – August 2, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Help us preserve history: Become a Patron! Since running The Kingston Trio concert last night, I’ve had several requests for other Folk concerts from this period
Become a Patron! Hearing the sad news today of the passing of legendary Drummer Ginger Baker – it’s further evidence 2019 has not been a good year for Music. Tributes have been pouring in all day, including this one via Pitchfork earlier this morning (October 6,2019): After days of being
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46562″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”ABC News Around The World – September 23, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection ” content_type=”link”] Subscribers can get this download for free: Become a Patron! Waking up to the news this morning in 1967 had much to do with the endless war of attrition
