Classical Music with Walter Parker
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Weekdays
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Monday March 31, 2008
Midday Classical
An hour of Haydn's music on his birhday, including a string quartet, a symphony, and the Te Deum; plus the Singular Symphony of Franz Berwald and the Mother Goose ballet of Ravel.
Friday March 28, 2008
Midday Classical
Piano Sonata No. 3 by Chopin; Symphony No. 3 by Brahms; Fantasia for 7 Trumpets by Eric Ewazen; and the Scottish Fantasy of Max Bruch.
Thursday March 27, 2008
Midday Classical
An extended suite from Leo Delibes' ballet, Coppelia; the Piano Quintet of Robert Schumann; Florida Suite of Delius; and The Creation of the World by Darius Milhaud, transcribed for solo piano and played by Vermont pianist Michael Arnowitt, who performs in Brattleboro on Saturday.
Wednesday March 26, 2008
Midday Classical
Beethoven's ballet The Creatures of Prometheus; and Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, played by Awadagin Pratt, who will join the Daedalus Quartet in Burlington and St. Johnsbury this weekend.
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Midday Classical
Symphony No. 5 of Schubert, conducted by Leonard Bernstein; Piano Trio in A minor of Ravel, played by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, who will perform it at the Hopkins Center on Thursday; and a suite from the ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
Monday March 24, 2008
Midday Classical
Piano Trio No. 2 of Brahms, played by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, which will perform at the Hopkins Center this Thursday; Burkleske for Piano and Orchestra by Richard Strauss, played by Byron Janis, who is 80 today; and the Octet in F of Schubert.
Friday March 21, 2008
Midday Classical
Good Friday falls on Bach's birthday this year, so how could we not
play The St. Matthew Passion. Paul McCreesh leads a lithe and intimate
performance.
Thursday March 20, 2008
Midday Classical
We celebrate the Vernal Equinox with Schumann's Spring Symphony; Beethoven's Spring Sonata; Stravinsky's Rite of Spring; and much more.
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Midday Classical
Dinu Lipatti plays Mozart's Sonata No. 8 in A minor; Stabat Mater by Domenico Scarlatti; and Beethoven's arrangement of his Violin Concerto as a Piano Concerto.
Tuesday March 18, 2008
Midday Classical
Murray Perahia's new recording of Partitas by Bach; Stravinsky's Jeu de Carte ballet; Forgotten Melodies for piano by Nicolai Medtner; and Symphony No. 8 by Dvorak.
Monday March 17, 2008
Midday Classical
For St. Patrick's Day, the Irish Symphony of C.V. Stanford; the Gaelic Symphony of Amy Beach; and James Galway with the Chieftains.
Friday March 14, 2008
Midday Classical
Thursday March 13, 2008
Midday Classical
Wednesday March 12, 2008
Midday Classical: Guitarist Jason Vieaux performs live on VPR Classical
Guitarist Jason Vieaux performs live on VPR Classical at 1pm. Jason and friends will give a Latin Serenade as part of the UVM Lanes Series on March 14.
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Midday Classical
Monday March 10, 2008
Midday Classical
Friday March 7, 2008
Midday Classical
Thursday March 6, 2008
Midday Classical
Wednesday March 5, 2008
Midday Classical
Violinist Soovin Kim stops by to speak with Walter. He will play the Sibelius Concerto with the Vermont Symphony and Jaime Laredo March 8 and 9. We will hear his new recording of the Faure Sonata with pianist Jeremy Denk.
Tuesday March 4, 2008
Midday Classical
In the Fen Country by Vaughan Williams; Magnificat by Vivaldi, born on this date; Fantastic Scherzo by Josef Suk, played by the Czech Philharmonic, performing in Troy, NY, on Wednesday; and Symphony No. 1 of Brahms.
Monday March 3, 2008
Midday Classical
Castles in Spain, a suite for guitar by Federico Moreno Torroba; Symphony No. 6 of Dvorak, played by the Czech Philharmonic, performing in Troy, NY, on Wednesday; and the classic 1964 recording of the Sibelius Symphony No. 2 conducted by George Szell.
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