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David Feurzeig used to fly to venues to perform piano concerts. After giving up air travel, he has decided to launch a tour that will bring him to all 251 Vermont cities and towns for free community concerts.
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Montpelier native Eric Brooks will be filling in as guest host of the VPR Choral Hour while VPR Classical host Linda Radtke takes some time away from the program.
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This week on the VPR Choral Hour, host Eric Brooks features beloved works by English and Irish Composers, including singalong of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Mass in g.
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Middlebury's Mahaney Arts Center hosted the New England premiere of an exciting new work by Richard Danielpour, commissioned by Music From Copland House. Performed by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the Music From Copland House ensemble, the work is a setting of poetry by U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.
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Discover the life, music and legacy of Ethopian composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou the "Honky-Tonk Nun."
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The music of Nigerian composer Fela Sowande provided a voice for Nigerian people entering a Western world. Sowande is an internationally recognized African composer and was called the father of Nigerian art music.
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VPR Classical host James Stewart had a chance to chat via zoom with Robert Whipple, the new Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival.
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Innovation and transformation are impossible without experimentation. That’s something that 20th Century Columbian composer, Jacqueline Nova, truly understood. Nova pioneered electroacoustic music and smashed limitations, including form, sound, discipline and even gender.
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Austria has the Viennese waltz; Kiev has the hopak; Spain the flamenco and Argentina the tango. This rhythmic dance came from Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the late 19th century. In the hands of 20th century composer Astor Piazzolla the tango evolved into an expressive, experimental musical form.
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In this episode we will explore the life, music and legacy of Venezuelan composer and guitarist Antonio Lauro.