Classical Music with Walter Parker

Opera Company of Middlebury Live

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

A preview of Massenet's Thais.

Victory at Sea

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

For Memorial Day, Richard Rodgers' Victory at Sea.

Green Mountain Monteverdi Ensemble Live

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Music of Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz.

Audio is now posted online.

Hail Bright Cecilia!

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Selections from Henry Purcell's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day.

Heliand Consort Live

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Music for piano and winds by Mozart and others.

Listen Wednesday at 11am.

Wagner's Birthday

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Richard Wagner was born 199 years ago today.

Remembering Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

The great baritone died last Friday at age 86.

Chausson's Symphony

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Charles Dutoit conducts the Montreal Symphony.

Mozart's Jeunehomme Concerto

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Who was this 'Mlle Jeunehomme' for whom Mozart composed his Piano Concerto No. 9?

A Civil War Song

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Hear a recording of "Tenting On The Old Campground" by Walter Kittredge, a popular song during the American Civil War and a particular favorite of enlisted men in the Union Army. It was recoded by Counterpoint in the VPR Recording Studio.

Brahms' German Requiem

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Sir Simon Rattle conducts.

Zemlinsky, Quantz, Moeran

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Schumann, as well.

Schubert, Jon Appleton and William Grant Still

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Schubert's Octet, Jon Appleton's Concerto Grosso, and William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony.

Carl Nielsen's Simple (?) Symphony

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

He called his last symphony Sinfonia Semplice, but what did he mean?

Handel Coronation Anthem

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

My Heart is Inditing.

Wagner's HD Ring Encores

Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Music from Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Happy Birthday Brahms!

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Music of Brahms each hour, including the Symphony No. 1.

Sally Pinkas Live - Listen Online

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

The Dartmouth pianist visits the VPR Performance Studio.

Robert Paterson

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Walter Parker speaks with Vermont Youth Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence, Robert Paterson.

Audio is now posted.

Alon Goldstein Live

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Pianist Alon Goldstein, visits the VPR Performance Studio for a live performance with Walter Parker. Goldstein is soloist with the Vermont Symphony on Saturday.

Audio is now posted online.

Nikolai Lugansky Plays Rachmaninoff

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

The Piano Concerto No. 1.

Yael Weiss Plays Brahms

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

She plays in St. Johnsbury this Saturday.

Lang Lang Plays Rachmaninoff

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

At the Proms.

A Conversation With Richard Tognetti

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

VPR's Walter Parker speaks with Richard Tognetti, Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The ACO comes to the Hopkins Center in Hanover this Wednesday.

Audio is now posted online.

Carol Wincenc Plays Copland

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

The Duo for Flute and Piano.

Diane Huling Live

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

The Vermont pianist previews her April 22 recital in Montpelier.

Audio is now posted online.

Rocky 2

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.

Vaughan Williams Wasps

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Suite after Aristophanes.

Ariel Quartet Live

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Following their concert in Rutland on April 15, the Ariel Quartet will stop by the VPR studio on Monday for a live performance with Walter Parker.

Audio is now posted online.

Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

A recent recording conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

The Snow Maiden

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Suites from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera and Tchaikovsky's incidental music.

Aubade

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Poulenc's choreographic concerto for piano and eighteen instruments.

The Four Temperaments

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2

Primakov's Seasons

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Pianist Vassily Primakov plays Tchaikovsky's complete Seasons.

St. Matthew Passion and Stabat Mater

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Music of Bach and Poulenc.

Pianist Joe Goetz On His Upcoming VT Debut

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Walter Parker talks with VPR Classical host, Joe Goetz, about his Vermont performing debut playing piano in Dvorak's Dumky Trio with the Burlington Ensemble this Saturday.

A Conversation With Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Walter Parker speaks with the pianist about his recital this Friday.

Audio is now posted online.

Photo: Dario Acosta

Faure Requiem

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

A recent recording conducted by Paavo Jarvi.

Takacs Quartet Plays Schubert

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Takacs Quartet comes to the Hopkins Center on April 10.

Farrenc, Mahler, La Folia

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Music of Louise Farrenc, Gustav Mahler, and 2 treatments of La Folia.

Musicans Performing in VT This Weekend

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Menahem Pressler, the Transcontinental Duo, and Paul Orgel and Friends

Rudolf Serkin

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor.

The Transcontinental Duo

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Plays Debussy's Petite Suite.

The Forest And The Emperor

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

A symphony by Roussel and a piano concerto by Beethoven.

Hugh Keelan

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0400

VPR's Walter Parker speaks with Hugh Keelan, conductor of the Windham Orchestra.

Audio is now posted online.

Ravel At Marlboro

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

The String Quartet in F

Happy Birthday J.S. Bach !!

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Music of Bach in each hour today.

Music For Spring

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

The vernal equinox was at 1:14 EDT this morning.

Max Reger's Mozart Variations

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Reger was born March 19, 1873.

The Alturas Duo Plus One LIVE

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0400

The Alturas Duo brought their blend of South American and classical music to the VPR Performance Studio on Friday for a live performance with Walter Parker.

Audio is now posted online.