Friday February 25, 2005

Movies

Real-Life 'Chorus' Director Shares His Secrets

February 25, 2005 • In the popular French film The Chorus, a lowly music teacher transforms a group of scruffy delinquents into an angelic-sounding chorus. Jeffrey Smith, music director of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, joins NPR's Fred Child to talk about the movie and what it takes to teach young boys to sing.

Real-Life 'Chorus' Director Shares His Secrets

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Tuesday February 8, 2005

In Performance

The 5 Browns: Making Music a Family Affair

February 8, 2005 • A family quintet of young pianists, The 5 Browns made history as the first set of five siblings to study simultaneously at the Juilliard School. This spring, they'll tour the U.S. to promote their debut album. They join NPR's Fred Child for a performance in Studio 4A.

The 5 Browns: Making Music a Family Affair

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Sunday January 30, 2005

Performance Today

Haydn

January 30, 2005 • The Janosi Ensemble is in concert at the Esterhazy Castle, where Josef Haydn spent nearly three decades writing music for the Prince. We hear an excerpt from Haydn's String Quartet Op. 20, No. 3, and then a few old folk dances which inspired Haydn's Quartet. And host Fred Child talks with Hungarian fiddler Barnabas Kelemen about gypsy fiddle music.

Haydn

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Saturday January 29, 2005

Performance Today

Haydn

January 29, 2005 • The Janosi Ensemble is in concert at the Esterhazy Castle, where Josef Haydn spent nearly three decades writing music for the Prince. We hear an excerpt from Haydn's String Quartet Op. 20, No. 3, and then a few old folk dances which inspired Haydn's Quartet. And host Fred Child talks with Hungarian fiddler Barnabas Kelemen about gypsy fiddle music.

Haydn

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Friday January 28, 2005

From the Village to the Concert Hall

The Sounds of the Tennessee Music Box

January 28, 2005 • Over 100 years ago, farming communities in middle Tennessee produced a folk instrument unique to the area. Similar to a dulcimer, the instrument, called a Tennessee music box, was much more clunky in appearance.

The Sounds of the Tennessee Music Box

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Thursday January 27, 2005

From the Village to the Concert Hall

From the Village to the Concert Hall: Flamenco

January 27, 2005 • As part of a continuing series on the connection between folk music from around the world and western classical music, NPR's Fred Child talks about the Spanish national dance with Eva Encinias, director of the National Institute of Flamenco.

From the Village to the Concert Hall: Flamenco

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From the Village to the Concert Hall

Pepe Romero's Spanish Guitar

January 27, 2005 • Acclaimed Spanish guitarist Pepe Romero represents one of several generations of guitarists in his family. He joins NPR's Fred Child in Studio 4A to perform the Suite Andaluza by his father, Celedonio Romero.

Pepe Romero's Spanish Guitar

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Wednesday January 26, 2005

From the Village to the Concert Hall

From the Village to the Concert Hall: Chinese Music

January 26, 2005 • During the last two decades, Chinese traditional music has begun to have a real impact on Western classical music. In the third of a five-part series, NPR's Fred Child explores the connections between folk traditions from around the world and the western tradition of art music.

From the Village to the Concert Hall: Chinese Music

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Monday January 24, 2005

Performance Today

Haydn

January 24, 2005 • The Janosi Ensemble is in concert at the Esterhazy Castle, where Josef Haydn spent nearly 3 decades writing music for the Prince. We hear an excerpt from Haydn's String Quartet op. 20, no. 3, and then a few old folk dances which inspired Haydn's Quartet. And host Fred Child talks with Hungarian fiddler Barnabas Kelemen about gypsy fiddle music.

Haydn

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From the Village to the Concert Hall

From the Village to the Concert Hall: Béla Bartók

January 24, 2005 • One of the great composers of the early 20th century, Béla Bartók was also one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology. Hungarian musicologist Peter Laki joins NPR's Fred Child to explore the folk and classical elements in Bartok's music.

From the Village to the Concert Hall: Béla Bartók

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Monday January 17, 2005

Music

A King Celebration

January 17, 2005 • NPR celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with the 13th annual "A King Celebration" — a musical tribute featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs. NPR's Fred Child hosts.

A King Celebration

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Performance Today

Celeste Headlee

January 17, 2005 • Host Fred Child chats briefly with Celeste Headlee, grand-daughter of composer William Grant Still. She tells Fred her grandfather's special place in music dawned on her when she noted he was taking telephone calls from Leopold Stokowski and Aaron Copland.

Celeste Headlee

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Performance Today

James Weldon Johnson

January 17, 2005 • Mrs. Coretta Scott King joins Fred Child onstage to read the text to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson.

James Weldon Johnson

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Performance Today

T.J. Anderson

January 17, 2005 • Host Fred Child interviews composer T.J. Anderson about Treemonisha and his discovery of Scott Joplin's opera. Anderson was the first African-American to become a composer-in-reasidence with a major symphony orchestra and Joplin's opera was honored with a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1976.

T.J. Anderson

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Friday January 14, 2005

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

A Musical Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Home

January 14, 2005 • Each year, more than 600,000 people visit Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home in Atlanta. NPR's Fred Child goes on a special tour of the house to learn more about the role that music played in King's young life.

A Musical Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Home

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