Nov 19th, 2008 · Poetic young pianist Roberto Plano uncovers the layers of bittersweet emotion in a set of Impromptus written by Franz Schubert near the end of his short life. Plano performs for a live studio audience at WGBH in Boston.
Sep 10th, 2008 · For some American scientists, the official start-up of the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland is a bittersweet moment. A supercollider in Texas would have been more powerful than the European one, but Congress killed the project in 1993.
Jun 26th, 2008 · In his new book of essays, neurotic, death-fearing humorist David Sedaris visits a morgue, has a catheter inserted (just to see what it's like) and buys a skeleton as a gift. Reviewer John Freeman calls Engulfed in Flames "always funny, occasionally bittersweet."
Jun 6th, 2008 · As a singer for The New Pornographers, Case belts artful tunes with one of the most powerful and seductive voices in rock. Her solo work is steeped more in bittersweet country and gospel. Case brings the best of both in a full concert, webcast live on NPR.org from Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
May 30th, 2008 · A decision to let her son enjoy a few moments of independence and beauty ended in tragedy. But out of Rich Stark's death in a car accident, Myra Dean managed to extract small comforts.
May 14th, 2008 · Best known for scoring the endearing soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine, the Denver-based band DeVotchKa makes bittersweet songs with whistled melodies and sorrowful tales of the brokenhearted. Now on tour for its latest CD, A Mad and Faithful Telling, DeVotchKa will give a full concert at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, webcast live on NPR.org May 16. The performance is scheduled to begin at approximately 10 p.m. ET.
Jan 12th, 2008 · Fifty years ago, a 23-year-old piano student from Los Angeles took a chance, competing in the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Daniel Pollack didn't take home the top prize, but he did carve out a unique career, preserved with bittersweet memories.
Dec 4th, 2007 · For more than 30 years, a group of doctors and their friends and family have made a long, bone-jarring and wet trip to a glacier in the center of Iceland. The tradition is part camping adventure, part scientific expedition, and increasingly, bittersweet.