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February 9, 1945 – WEAF 6 o’Clock News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1945 – The offensive along the Western front got into high gear this day, as the Canadian 1st Army took fourteen towns and a gain of nearly five miles into Germany, and rapidly approaching...
Luigi Dallapiccola – Fragments from his Marsia Ballet – N.Y. Phil. Guido Cantelli, cond. March 7, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music of Luigi Dallapiccola this weekend. One of the leading figures in Mid-Century Classical Music, especially in America. Dallapiccola was born in Croatia of Italian parents. During...
July 11, 1983 – CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 am network news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 11, 1983 – News for this day started with word on the mysterious disappearance of 15-year old Emanuela Orlandi, whose father was an employee of the Vatican and whose kidnapping...
The Winstons – live at The Monk Club, Rome – 2016 Rome Psych Festival – October 1, 2016 – RAI Radio 7 Keeping up with my pledge to be eclectic this week; The Winstons, an Italian trio who have been making waves on the Contemporary Psych/Prog-Rock scene these past several...
James Brown and His Famous Flames – RAI Studios – Rome- April 24, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection James Brown and a taste of Soul comes to Rome, via this studio session for RAI-TV, recorded on April 24, 1971. If you can get past the canned applause, which makes...
June 10, 1940 – British Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper address – BBC World Service/CBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 10, 1940 – news for this day was about the sudden declaration of war against Britain and France, just as German troops were headed to Paris. British...
Martha Argerich, piano – with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra – conducted by Claudio Abaddo – April 21, 2011 – RAI Radio 3 – Piano legend Martha Argerich this week. In concert from Rome and featuring the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the venerable Claudio Abaddo in music of Ravel and...
– Shortwave News reports – September 8, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this September 8, 1943 was considered hopeful, but not the last word. Italy signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies on this day, ending their involvement in the War. However, because Italy was...
– Forever Pavot – Live at Eurockéennes 2015 – July 4, 2015 – RFI-Le Mouv – No sooner does one festival finish then another gets rolling. Tonight it’s a sampling from Eurockéennes, which ended this past weekend in Belfort France; three non-stop days of primarily continental bands (with the exception...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News for April 29, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day, April 30, 1945 was filled with reports of a rumored surrender of Germany to the Allies. But fighting was continuing, and amid cautious optimism,...
