Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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Tone Tuesday features gear demos and lessons from Texas Blues Alley.
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Join host Matthew J. Norcross as he talks with decision makers across who are living examples of the 7 Degrees of Change (Empathy, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Trustworthiness, Caring, and Citizenship) and are willing to explain how they live and show others to “be a Phoenix.” These character traits serve as a book series of the same name, and a correlating Character Education curriculum developed by the 7 Degrees of Change Foundation and High Point University.
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Edward Seckerson chooses his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5.By BBC Radio 3
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William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.By BBC Radio 3
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Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin's four Ballades.By BBC Radio 3
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Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Also sprach ZarathustraBy BBC Radio 3
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Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A majorBy BBC Radio 3
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Mark Lowther's personal choice of recording of Elgar's Symphony no.1.By BBC Radio 3
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Joanna MacGregor's ultimate recording of JS Bach's Keyboard Partitas BWV 825-830By BBC Radio 3
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Flora Willson's ultimate recommendation for Debussy's ballet Jeux.By BBC Radio 3
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Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's The FirebirdBy BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.By BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Monteverdi's Vespers.By BBC Radio 3
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Iain Burnside chooses his favourite recording of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.By BBC Radio 3
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Frank Skinner is a deacon at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in High Point, North Carolina. In this episode, Matt speaks with Frank on what character means to him, and what it's like working as a Catholic deacon.By Firebird Media, LLC
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Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Brahms' 3rd Symphony.By BBC Radio 3
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If you live in the Myrtle Beach area, you're probably familiar with a man named Greg Rowles. Greg is a popular entertainer in the area, and has had a lucrative career. Winning the popular television program Star Search in the 1990's, he is perhaps best known in the area as the longtime emcee for the Alabama Theatre in the popular Barefoot Landing s…
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Vaughan Williams's Symphony no.1 'A Sea Symphony'.
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David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony.By BBC Radio 3
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Episode 42: Instilling Character in Youth
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In this week's episode of Character in Action, Matt sits down with Bert Giles, a youth minister at the University City United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina to talk about how he interprets the character traits of the 7 Degrees of Change, and also shares his over 30 years of being a positive influence on young people - especially teen…
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Episode 41: Character in the Recording Booth
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In this episode, iconic Triad radio host Lora Songster talks about how she has practiced the character traits of the 7 Degrees of Change throughout her long 26 year career.By Firebird Media
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Elin Manahan Thomas's recommendation for the ultimate recording of Britten's War Requiem.By BBC Radio 3
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Nigel Simeone's ultimate recommendation for Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly.By BBC Radio 3
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Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.By BBC Radio 3
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Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9.By BBC Radio 3
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Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major ‘Military’By BBC Radio 3
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Ben Gernon chooses his favourite recording of the complete ballet of Ravel's Mother GooseBy BBC Radio 3
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Saint-Saëns's Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 'Organ Symphony'
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Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recording of Saint-Saëns's Organ SymphonyBy BBC Radio 3
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Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Stravinsky's Soldier's TaleBy BBC Radio 3
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Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"
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Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, 'Les Adieux'By BBC Radio 3
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Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in CBy BBC Radio 3
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Laura Tunbridge chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Cello ConcertoBy BBC Radio 3
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Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's four Orchestral SuitesBy BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Creation.By BBC Radio 3
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Pianist Allyson Devenish picks the ultimate version of Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise.By BBC Radio 3
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Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.By BBC Radio 3
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Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss with Jeremy Sams
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Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's KissBy BBC Radio 3
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Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minorBy BBC Radio 3
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Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Béla Bartók's The Miraculous MandarinBy BBC Radio 3
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In the final episode of the year, we talk with Keith Hobgood - the illustrator of The Phoenix book series and a co-founder of Out of Our Minds Animation Studios. He talks about his career in animation and art in addition to some remarkable stories he has to tell about the traits of Respect, Responsibility, and Empathy.…
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Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of the piano version of Ravel’s Le tombeau de CouperinBy BBC Radio 3
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Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin ConcertoBy BBC Radio 3
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Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Dvořák's 'New World' SymphonyBy BBC Radio 3
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Episode 39: Character through Citizenship
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This week, we speak with environmental lawyer Tony Francois. Not only do we talk about his life and career, but we also talk about what he thinks it means to be a good citizen.By Truth Network
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JS Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
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Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of JS Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor.By BBC Radio 3
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Pianist Iain Burnside chooses the ultimate recording of Schubert’s Impromptus, D935By BBC Radio 3
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Episode 38: Character in Classical Education
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This week, Matt and fill-in host Carmen Ramirez speak with John Dooling, a member of the Redwood City, California-based Chesterton Academy of St. James' board of directors. We talk about how a classical education can help students develop good character in their lives.
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Engineer and public speaker Winston Liu was born in the People's Republic of China, and has experienced advirsity firsthand when he became a political prisoner in the communist regime. This week, Winstin talks with Matt and Robby about his experience, as well as his involvement in the popular stage show Shen Yun.…
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Episode 36: Character on the Campaign Trail
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Mark Walker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015-2021. And now he faces his biggest task since serving in congress... running for governor. On this episode of Character in Action, Walker talks with 7 Degrees of Change Foundation chief technical officer Matthew J. Norcross and producer Robby Dilmore about his life and career, and ho…
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Natasha Loges chooses her favourite version of Brahms's Clarinet TrioBy BBC Radio 3
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Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Beethoven's Symphony No 8 in F.By BBC Radio 3
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This week, we speak with Brit W. Moore, a member of the city council in High Point, North Carolina. He speaks about how he demonstrates character as a representative of his city as well as in the private sector.By Truth Network
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Nigel Simeone discusses his favourite recordings of Rimsky-Korsakov's ScheherazadeBy BBC Radio 3
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