Student Composer Showcase
VPR Classical Specials
The Beethoven Project
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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.In Concert @ 8
The Manchester Music Festival Performance
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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.VPR Classical Specials
A Fireworks Soundtrack
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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.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Magnificent Magnificats
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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.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Versatile Harp
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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.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Bowing the Piano
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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.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Chamber Music of Gabriel Pierne
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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.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Hildegard of Bingen
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Born over 900 years ago, Hildegard of Bingen was a Renaissance woman well before the Renaissance. We’ll hear two of her sacred motets this afternoon.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
