Justin Gates of Franklin, VT is our featured Student Composer for April. You can hear his string quartet entitled "What I Knew Would Come," as well as an interview with Justin about his work.
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Cellist Benjamin Capps and pianist David Kaplan take us on a journey through the life of Ludwig van Beethoven through his five sonatas for cello and piano.
VPR Classical presents the Manchester Music Festival’s Manchester @ 250 celebration from this past August. Conductor Ari Rudiakov leads the Manchester Festival Orchestra in works of Copland, Gershwin, and Dvorak.
Join VPR host Joe Goetz Monday, July 4th at 9:00pm for a musical fireworks extravaganza featuring works from Victor Herbert, Georg Frideric Handel, Peter Illych Tchaikovsky and John Philip Sousa.
Joe Goetz hosts a program featuring four centuries worth of settings of the Magnificat (The Song of Mary) and Nunc Dimittis (the plea of Simeon the Righteous) and explains their special place in the Christmas season.
Today we’ll hear two very different works that feature the harp: The Harp Concerto by Alberto Ginastera, and the Quintet for Harp, Flute, and Strings by Jean Cras.
In advance of its Friday night performance at UVM, we’ll hear a feature about composer Stephen Scott and his Bowed Piano Ensemble, as well as music from his biggest work, Vikings of the Sunrise.
Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937) may not be as well-known as other French composers of the same era, but his chamber music is inventive, melodious, and downright fun. We’ll hear some this afternoon.
Today is the 100th birthday of Samuel Barber, one of the United States’ most celebrated composers in the 20th century. We’ll hear songs, chamber music, and orchestral works this afternoon.