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Cosmic Connections Episode 0 Halloween 2023
A mix so dark, mysterious and horrifically mesmerizing that you may find yourself traversing dimensions of the mind body and soul. A ghoulish mix that will protect as it invokes mystical vibrations…
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The Music of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), feat. Joan Sutherland, Anna Moffo, and Renata Scotto
Including the complete Act II from a 1938 La Scala performance of La bohème, featuring Benjamin Gigli, Licia Albanese, and Tatiana Menotti. Also, scenes and arias from Tosca, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly.…
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EXPLORING STRING QUARTETS cont’d….Music by Eleanor Hovda, George Crumb, György Ligeti &c, feat. Arditti String Quartet
[Ruth Crawford Seeger, early 1920’s] “Ich bin ein funke nur vom heiligen feuer Ich bin ein dröhnen nur der heiligen stimme.” [Charles Ives portrait by Clara Sipprell – National Portrait Gallery, NPG.82.185,…
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WOMEN SINGING feat. Rosa Ponselle, Bidu Sayão, and a historic 1935 Met broadcast
[Above: Rosa Ponselle in 1919; Below: Bidu Sayão as Manon] [Below: Anna Moffo in 1962]
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19th-20th CENTURY SYMPHONIC MIX, feat. FLORENCE PRICE & SEIJI OZAWA
[1901 caricature of Gustav Mahler conducting.] Also music from Khachaturian, Bruckner, Stravinsky, and other symphonic masters. Performers include John Jeter, James Levine, Pierre Monteux, and Leopold Stokowski.
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