Interlude Daphnis et Chloé By VPR | May 7, 2011 Ravels’ Ballet Daphnis et Chloé is performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Charles Dutoit.
Interlude Mahler Symphony No. 4 By VPR | April 30, 2011 Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Claudio Abbado, with soprano Renée Fleming.
Interlude Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare By VPR | April 23, 2011 We celebrate the birthdays of (among others) William Shakespeare and Sergei Prokofiev.
Interlude Celebrating James Levine By VPR | April 16, 2011 We honor the extraordinary conductor James Levine with performances of the music of Prokofiev, Schoenberg, and Wagner.
Interlude Tartini, Spalding, Brahms & Stern By VPR | April 9, 2011 American violinist Albert Spalding plays Tartini’s Devil’s Trill sonata, and Isaac Stern plays the Brahms Violin Concerto.
Interlude Non-Operatic Wagner By VPR | April 2, 2011 Richard Wagner also wrote symphonic and piano music, and Peter shares some of that with us.
Interlude Winter Dreams By VPR | March 26, 2011 We hear Tchaikovsky’s "Capriccio italien" and his Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams."
Interlude Charles Gounod By VPR | March 19, 2011 Gounod’s popular opera "Faust" was premiered on this date in 1859; we’ll hear excerpts from "Faust" as well as his second symphony.
Interlude Villa-Lobos and Vieuxtemps By VPR | March 5, 2011 We celebrate the birthday of Heitor Villa-Lobos, and we hear a violin concerto by Henri Vieuxtemps.
Interlude Mozart And Beethoven By VPR | February 26, 2011 We hear the Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K.364 – and the Beethoven Symphony No. 8.