Joel Najman’s My Place program is "A New Year’s Eve Vocal Group Harmony Celebration" featuring a variety of memorable doo-wop and group harmony favorites from the Rock & Roll era’s first golden period. Memorable recordings by the Penguins, Ravens, Spaniels and other legendary vocal groups are among the selections featured.
We celebrate New Year’s Eve with a Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II – a performance of January 20, 1951 – with Patrice Munsel, Rise Stevens, and Richard Tucker – conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.
The Pirates of Penzance had its world premiere on New Year’s Eve 1879 in New York City; we celebrate by hearing music from vintage recordings of this irresistible Gilbert & Sullivan opera.
Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.
To conclude our
encore presentation of last summer’s
joint project with the Billings Farm and Museum on Vermont’s General Stores, commentator Tom Slayton looks at
their survival – and their relevance – in
today’s Vermont.
Brattleboro’s historic Latchis Theatre will get a new marquee.
That’s something it’s done without since a passing truck destroyed the old one
last summer.
As VPR’s Susan Keese reports, the replacement will be
modeled on an older, 1938 version.
Bills will rise
for customers of Vermont’s largest electric utility. The state Public
Service Board approved raising rates for Central Vermont Public Service.
Vermont author Garret Keizer examines the tension between our desire for peace and quiet and our love of technology and Arlington band Burnham performs in VPR’s Studio.