Classical with Walter Parker
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Weekdays (VPR Classical)
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Friday May 16, 2008
Live Performance: Music from Copland House Ensemble
On Friday May 16 at 11am, Walter Parker welcomes members of the Music
from Copland House Ensemble to the performance studio for a preview of
their 'America: Then and Now' concert
at Chandler Music Hall that evening. The concert is a celebration of
the Hall's centennial anniversary this year.
Monday May 12, 2008
Midday Classical
2 Fugues for organ by Bach, played by Anthony Newman, who is 67 today; Scenes pittoresques by Massenet; and the Requiem of Gabriel Faure.
Friday May 9, 2008
Michael Hopkins, Director of the new Burlington Chamber Orchestra, speaks with Walter
The Burlington Chamber Orchestra continues its inaugural season Saturday May 10 with music of Mozart, Handel, Dvorak, and Music Director Michael Hopkins himself. Hopkins joins Walter Parker for a discussion live in the VPR Classical studio Friday, May 9 at 11am.
Thursday May 8, 2008
Midday Classical
Preludes and Fugues by Bach and Shostakovich, played by Keith Jarrett, who is 63 today; Symphony No. 6 of Sibelius; piano music of Gottschalk; and Mozart's Posthorn Serenade.
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Midday Classical
The Graceful Ghost Rag of William Bolcom, played by pianist Eugene Barban, who performs in Stowe today; and Brahms' Song of Destiny and Piano Concerto No. 1.
Tuesday May 6, 2008
Midday Classical
The Spring Symphony of Robert Schumann, with orchestration revisions by Gustav Mahler; the Sinfonia Espansive (No. 3) of Carl Nielsen; and Glenn Gould plays Bach's Overture in the French Style.
Monday May 5, 2008
Midday Classical
Mazurkas by Chopin, played by Charles Rosen, who is 81 today; Symphony No. 2 of Beethoven; 3 Nocturnes for Orchestra by Debussy; and the Symphony on a French Mountain Air by Vincent D'Indy.
Friday May 2, 2008
Midday Classical
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony; Sacred choral music of Heinrich Schutz; Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony; Brahms' Double Concerto, and music of Daron Hagen.
Thursday May 1, 2008
Midday Classical
Music for May Day by Fanny Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky; music depicting the four classical elements (earth, air, fire, water) by Andre Cardinal Destouches; and Appalachian Spring by Copland.
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