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  • Discussing the "Symphony for Survival" concert to benefit organizations dedicated to reversing the nuclear arms race with three Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians; oboist Ray Still, horn player Dale Clevenger and trumpeter Adolph "Bud" Herseth

    Nov. 15, 1982

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the "Do-It-Yourself-Messiah"

    Jan. 25, 1978

    Al Booth and Margaret Hillis discuss the "Do-It-Yourself-Messiah", a scratch messiah that has been performed in Chicago since 1976, organized by the International Music Foundation.

  • Discussing Soviet avant garde music with Joel Sachs

    May. 12, 1982

    Joel Sachs discusses Russian avant-garde music and Soviet Union artists.

  • Discussing performances of the Wagner opera "Die Meistersinger von Nurberg" with baritone Thomas Stewart

    Dec. 10, 1985
  • Discussing Maria Callas with Arianna Stassinopoulos (Huffington)

    Mar. 5, 1981

    The Greek-American author talks about her biography, Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Irish poet and novelist James Joyce with Myron Myers

    Feb. 26, 1988

    Myers performed in a recording of the musical setting "Pomes Penyeach Settings of Poetry by James Joyce."

  • Discussing his composition "The Consul; Musical Drama in Three Acts," with Italian American composer Gian Carlo Menotti (part 2 of 2).

    Mar. 31, 1983
  • Discussing his autobiography "Perfect Pitch: A Life Story" with Russian-born musicologist, pianist and composer Nicolas Slonimsky

    Apr. 13, 1988

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing French flutist Marcel Moyse and listening to music with conductor and flutist Richard Wyszynski

    Dec. 11, 1989
  • Discussing Danish tenor Aksel Schiotz with his widow Gerd Schiotz

    Aug. 24, 1977
  • Discussing contemporary music with Easley Blackwood, Paul Fromm and Ralph Shapey

    Feb. 13, 1967

    Studs Terkel has a conversation with Easley Blackwood, and Ralph Shapey, composers and Paul Fromm philanthropist and patron of the music arts. They discuss contemporary music, composing music, composers and the passion of creating music.

  • Discussing Chicago Opera Theater's production of the play, "The Crucible," with artistic director Alan Stone and stage director Roger Brunyate

    Sep. 16, 1985

    Music by Robert Ward and text based on the Arthur Miller play.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Bach with composer, conductor and musicologist William Malloch

    Nov. 21, 1978
  • Discussing a book-in-progress "140 Years of Opera in Chicago," with former Chicago Sun-Times music critic and author Robert Marsh

    Dec. 7, 1994
  • Discussing "Six Characters in Search of an Author: Opera in Three Acts," with the composer Hugo Weisgall

    Apr. 25, 1990
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