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The Mysteries of Leaving and Coming Back
4/4/2022
10:03
In her album Undersong, Simone Dinnerstein explores what it means to go to the same place again and again and to return home. The recording takes its name from the archaic word for a piece of music with a refrain, a passage of music that periodically repeats amid sections of contrasting music. It features musical works with refrains by Schumann, Couperin, Satie, and Philip Glass.
SoundReels: 10th Anniversary Of 'Up' Is An Adventure For Your Ears
8/26/2019
14:37
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the animated film Up, directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Set initially in Ohio, Up unfolds in dazzling visuals the outlandish adventures of an elderly widower and a young boy.
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SoundReels: Children's Choirs And Eternal Childhood in 'Empire of the Sun'
8/19/2019
12:18
September 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of Hitler's invasion of Poland, which opened the floodgates to World War II. On this occasion, this episode of SoundReels looks at a film set in the later years of the war.
SoundReels: Music Inside And Outside The Wall In The Pianist
8/12/2019
15:04
September 1, 2019 is the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the combined Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland, which marked the start of World War II.
SoundReels: The Delightful Musical Mishmash Of Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs'
8/5/2019
10:30
Writer, director and producer Wes Anderson’s 2018 stop motion animation film Isle of Dogs was first screened at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival.
Opera Abbreviated: Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
5/8/2019
13:28
Some operas inspire reverence beyond who gets kissed and who gets killed. Francis Poulenc’s The Dialogues of the Carmelites is chief among them.
Opera Abbreviated: Donizetti's 'Daughter of the Regiment'
2/21/2019
13:36
In 1972, I saw a production of Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment ("The Daughter of the Regiment"), starring Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti. And in 1972, there were no two opera singers more famous, more skilled or greater.
Opera Abbreviated: 'Adriana Lecouvreur'
1/8/2019
15:24
Fifty years ago, a teacher gave me two tickets to see Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli in Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur.
Opera Abbreviated Podcast: 'Samson et Dalila'
10/17/2018
14:59
Bring on the dancing. The Metropolitan Opera has a hot new production of Camille Saint-Saens' Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah) complete with bacchanal.
Opera Abbreviated Podcast: Verdi's 'Aida' At The Met
10/4/2018
30:27
The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD presentations, beamed into cinemas worldwide, begins a new season Saturday, Oct. 6. Anna Netrebko stars in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.

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The Mysteries of Leaving and Coming Back

SoundReels: 10th Anniversary Of 'Up' Is An Adventure For Your Ears

SoundReels: Children's Choirs And Eternal Childhood in 'Empire of the Sun'

SoundReels: Music Inside And Outside The Wall In The Pianist

SoundReels: The Delightful Musical Mishmash Of Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs'

Opera Abbreviated: Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'

Opera Abbreviated: Donizetti's 'Daughter of the Regiment'

Opera Abbreviated: 'Adriana Lecouvreur'

Opera Abbreviated Podcast: 'Samson et Dalila'

Opera Abbreviated Podcast: Verdi's 'Aida' At The Met