Keeping Score RSS feed for WLIW programming.http://watch.wliw.org/en-ushttp://watch.wliw.org/Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:41:20 -0500Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:41:20 -0500http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295290184/Berlioz's orchestral sonic spectacular, written to win the heart of a beautiful actress, demanded sacrifice from its author and his audience. From romantic daydreams to deadly displays of devotion, the symphony relates an "episode in the life of an artist."http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295290184/Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:55:10 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicThe story is a self-portrait of its composer, Hector Berlioz.tv-gPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Musichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1295282213/Beethoven's Third Symphony laid bare his dreams, his fears, and, at its climax, his rediscovered heroism. From his early musical rivalries in Vienna to his terrifying duel with deafness, Beethoven reveals the roots of his genius in this episode of Keeping Score.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295282213/Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:10:10 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicBeethoven called his Third Symphony Eroica ("Heroic").tv-gPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Musichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1295282238/Savage and primitive, hypnotic and hell-bent, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring turned Paris into the scene of one of the most astounding opening nights in history. In this episode of Keeping Score, the clutching tendrils of the music pull us back through France and Russia to the wild abandon of pagan times.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295282238/Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:10:10 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicHear work that shocked the opening night audiences.tv-gPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Musichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1295288125/Aaron Copland blended his Brooklyn Jewish roots with jazz, folk music, and hymns to gamble on a new American sound, yet how such an unlikely outsider captured the spirit of Billy the Kid is a tale worth its own string section.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295288125/Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:10:10 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicExplore what brought Copland to write music that gave Americans a sense of identity.tv-gPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Musichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1295305133/Hidden beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5, Shostakovich may have left a subversive cipher. In this episode of Keeping Score, investigate the arresting symphony that would either redeem Shostakovich or condemn him to the Gulag. What Shostakovich has to say might depend on what you're brave enough to hear.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295305133/Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:13:09 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicPublicly condemned Shostakovich's 5th Symphony saved his life. Was there a hidden meaning?nrPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Musichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1295300727/Ranging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the relentless assault of our own success? Join Michael Tilson Thomas as he, the San Francisco Symphony, and Charles Ives belt it out over truth, beauty, and the American Way.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1295300727/Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:05:48 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicThe composition encourages the listener to think about sound in new ways.nrPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Music