Jonathan conducts Beethoven's 5th at age 3 In case you don't believe in the transformative power of classical music, behold Jonathan! At age 4, he was invited to conduct the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin in Torrance, CA in LIVE performance. Thank goodness he didn't fall of the stage at the end. He now has his own YouTube channel.
JoAnn Faletta If 3-year-old conductors are rare, so are women conductors. Here is one of the first.
Artur Rubenstein My own love of music came through the fingers of Artur Rubinstein, whom I listened to for hours in my teens. From young musicians, to a musician at 90: Rubinstein at 90 interview
Nureyev and Fontaine: A 20th Century Love Affair Exquisite scenes of the 20th century's most famous ballet pair. The Tales of Beatrix Potter This is a charming ballet version of the beloved stories by Frederic Ashton and the Royal Ballet. This is just a preview, available through YouTube for $2.99. I highly recommend it! Especially if you have children.
Marilyn Robinson “It’s as if, in writing it, she broke through the ordinary human condition with all its dissatisfactions, and achieved a kind of transfiguration,” wrote Anatole Broyard of her first book Housekeeping, quoted in the Paris Review. She is interviewed here at Georgetown.
The Mystery of Agatha Christie The life of the much-loved crime writer explored through David Suchet, who for 25 years has played her Inspector Poirot.
A Man Called Lamour More than any other writer, I learned from Louis Lamour to appreciate the West.
Journey Through History with David McCullough The author of 1776, John Adams and other historical classics speaks with Morley Safer on 60 minutes.
Environments Change Behavior Bill Strickland, builder, innovator, educator, MacArthur Award winner, is the creative mind behind the Manchester Bidwell Project.
Design and the Elastic Mind 2008 Charlie Rose interviews Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at NY's Museum of Modern Art about an exhibition that draws on latest ideas in biology, physics and other fields.
