VPR Classical

From the BBC Proms:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Stephanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Bell, violin; Cameron Carpenter, organ

De Falla: El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician)
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 with Organ

Listen Friday September 8 at 8 p.m.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture  (Antony Princiotti, conductor)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47  (Jaime Laredo, conductor)

Listen Wednesday September 6 at 8 p.m.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Katie Van Kooten, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; John Relyea, bass-baritone; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, director

Ives: The Housatonic at Stockbridge from Three Places in New England
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Listen Sunday September 3 at 1 p.m.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano

Delius: Prelude to Irmelin
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83

Listen Wednesday August 30 at 8 p.m.
 

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

Listen Sunday August 27 at 1 p.m.

German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Vilde Frang, violin; Lawrence Power, viola

Erkki-Sven Tuur: Flamma
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes  (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Listen Friday August 25 at 8 p.m.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio  (Sarah Hicks, conductor)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15  (Peter Serkin, piano; Jaime Laredo, conductor)

Listen Wednesday August 23 at 8 p.m.

The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival's 9th season is based around the theme of "lineage", exploring how compositional and performance traditions are passed on, evolve and become new again. The opening concert will be broadcast live on Sunday, August 20th at 3 p.m.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 Great C-major

Listen Sunday August 20 at 1 p.m.

Gypsies figure prominently in many operas, most famously Azucena in Il trovatore and, of course, Carmen. We'll hear excerpts from six such operas.

Listen Saturday, August 19 at 12 noon.

From the BBC Proms
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
David Sawyer: The Greatest Happiness Principle
Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-flat
Khachaturian: Triumphal Poem  (Fedor Glushchenko, conductor)

Listen Friday August 18 at 8 p.m.
 

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring  (Sarah Hicks, conductor)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 Eroica  (Jaime Laredo, conductor)

Listen Wednesday August 16 at 8 p.m.

From Tanglewood:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C

Listen Sunday August 13 at 1 p.m.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, violin

Shostakovich: October
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D
Bridge: Five Entr'actes  (Richard Hickox, conductor)

Listen Friday August 11 at 8 p.m.

The Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival visits VPR's Studio One to perform Schubert's Trout Quintet, which will be on their concerts this weekend in Randolph and Woodstock.

Listen Friday August 11 at 11 a.m.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Anthony Princiotti, conductor
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Jaime Laredo, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Listen Wednesday August 9 at 8 p.m.