06.27.07

Emanuel Ax

Posted in An Intimate Tour Through The Music of Yo-Yo Ma at 5:45 pm by Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo talks about his best friend Emanuel Ax and the piece “Song Without Words.”

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Avenue Q - Mary Faber

Posted in Masterworks Broadway Podcast Theatre at 4:44 am by Masterworks Podmaster

Actor Mary Faber (Kate Monster and Lucy The Slut) is interviewed by Princeton.

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06.26.07

Masterworks: The Stravinsky Podcast Episode 2

Posted in Classical, Stravinsky at 10:50 am by Masterworks Podmaster

2. THE RITE OF SPRING OR WHEN LENNY MET IGOR (13’20)
The story of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), and Stravinsky legendary introduction to Leonard Bernstein.
If ever anything deserved to be called a bolt from the blue, then surely it’s The Rite of Spring. At its premiere in Paris in 1913, this ballet provoked a riot; six months later, its composer, Igor Stravinsky, was the darling of the Paris scene.

That’s what happens when you create a sensation. People talk; they share stories. And over the next half century The Rite of Spring provoked many stories — about Stravinsky and his genius, about his artistic vision, about how Stravinsky left Leonard Bernstein speechless the one and only time they met.

As part of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, a series celebrating the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth, producer Jackson Braider tells some stories from the life of The Rite of Spring, or “When Lenny met Igor.”

Featuring music from:

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

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Leonard Bernstein

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Featuring interviews with:
John Heiss, Professor of Composition and Music Theory at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston
John McClure, Igor Stravinsky’s producer at Columbia Masterworks

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06.19.07

Avenue Q - Jeff Marx

Posted in Masterworks Broadway Podcast Theatre at 1:58 pm by Masterworks Podmaster

Avenue Q co-creator and composer Jeff Marx is featured.

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06.18.07

Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor

Posted in An Intimate Tour Through The Music of Yo-Yo Ma at 5:48 pm by Yo-Yo Ma

The track “First Impressions” is discussed as well as artists Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor.

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Masterworks: The Stravinsky Podcast Episode 1

Posted in Classical, Stravinsky at 8:03 am by Masterworks Podmaster

Listen to the fascinating story of how the first complete version of Stravinsky conducting Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale came to be.
Features interviews with Stravinsky’s producer John McClure, reissue Executive Producer Warren Wernick, 1961 session musicians and more.
Hosted and produced by Jackson Braider.

Igor Stravinsky, Jeremy Irons, Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Robert Craft