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It’s been a little over seven years since I came to Vermont Public Radio
to help launch VPR Classical, in the summer of 2004. These have been seven of the most
rewarding and creative years of my life. Today’s program features some
of my favorite musical farewells as I get ready to leave VPR for a new
position as the music director at WGBH in Boston.

It has been my great privilege to be your host, your friend, and your companion these many mornings. I’m glad we could share so much beautiful music together. And thank you, VPR
Classical listeners, for your remarkable support of classical music in
our region!

Playlist:
8:08 am
  • Tahiti: Farewell
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Clark Rundell
  • CD/Album: "Tahiti"
  • Record co./Cat #: Ecstatic 92231
8:12 am
  • L'Enfance Du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • CD/Album: "Choral Masterpieces"
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80119
8:17 am
  • Variations on a Theme by Haydn , Op. 56a
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony
  • Conductor: Colin Davis
  • CD/Album: "Brahms - Symphony No. 1 - Haydn Variations"
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 60382
8:37 am
  • Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • CD/Album: "Ravel: Complete works for solo piano"
  • Record co./Cat #: London 433515
9:02 am
  • Bassoon Concerto in Bb , K 191
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Soloists: Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: "Mozart: Clarinet Concerto - Bassoon Concerto"
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 422390
9:20 am
  • Songs of Farewell: Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Ensemble: Choir of St. Georges Chapel; Roger Judd, organ
  • Conductor: Christopher Robinson
  • CD/Album: "Parry: Cathedral Music"
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 66273
  • Note: (on verse taken from Psalm 39, verses 5-15)
9:32 am
  • Piano Sonata #26 in Eb, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Van Cliburn, piano
  • CD/Album: "Beethoven Sonatas-Van Cliburn"
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 60356
9:51 am
  • Solomon: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: Les Concerts du Monde
  • Conductor: Keith Clark
  • CD/Album: "Movies Go Baroque"
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80336

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