Live Performances on VPR and VPR Classical.

VPR Live Performances

Scrag Mountain Music gives us a live preview of baroque music they'll perform this season in Stowe, Randolph and Warren, August 3-5, 2013.  Artistic Directors soprano Mary Bonhag and double bassist Evan Premo are joined by harpsichordist Lynette Combs and Boston-based violinist Julie Leven.  

Scrag Mountain Music Live On VPR Classical

The Burlington Ensemble performs Felix Mendelssohn's Octet for Strings, written when he was 16 years old. It's on the BE's program when they perform in Vergennes, Richmond, Castleton and Shelburne in August, 2013.

Burlington Ensemble Performs Live On VPR Classical

Stile Antico, the distinguished vocal ensemble from Britain performs live at the VPR Performance Studio in Colchester, Vermont on October 7, 2013. The performance is a preview of concerts they will give in St. Johnsbury, Vt. on October 8 and Marlboro, Vt. on October 9.

Stile Antico Performs Live On VPR Classical

Benjamin Capps, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Recorded December 7, 2013 at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester, Vermont, as part of Vermont Public Radio and Burlington Ensemble's Beyond Beethoven collaboration.

Recording engineer: John Billingsley

Johannes Brahms:  Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

Benjamin Capps, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Recorded May 30, 2013 at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester, Vermont, as part of Vermont Public Radio and Burlington Ensemble's Beyond Beethoven collaboration.

Recording engineer: John Billingsley


Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38

Benjamin Capps, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Recorded May 31, 2013 at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester, Vermont, as part of Vermont Public Radio and Burlington Ensemble's Beyond Beethoven collaboration.

Recording engineer: John Billingsley


Felix Mendelssohn:  Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 45

Benjamin Capps, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Recorded December 7, 2013 at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester, Vermont, as part of Vermont Public Radio and Burlington Ensemble's Beyond Beethoven collaboration.

Recording engineer: John Billingsley


Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58

Vermont pianist Paul Orgel previews of his recital of lesser-known late Romantic works by Ernest Chausson, Josef Suk and Max Reger.

Paul Orgel Performs Live On VPR Classical

Pianists Vassily Primakov and Natalia Lavrova visit the VPR Performance Studio to play music for piano 4-hands.


Piano 4-Hands: Vassily Primakov And Natalia Lavrova Live

The Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival gives us a live preview of the opening night concert for their 10th anniversary season. Director Kevin Lawrence is joined in the VPR Performance Studio by the Arianna Quartet, playing music of Schubert.

Arianna Quartet

The Heliand Consort launches its 3rd annual Vermont tour with a live performance in the VPR Performance Studio. They call their program for wind quintet 'Ancient Airs and Tropical Dances.' (Image courtesy of Heliand Consort and Paul Reynolds.)

The Heliand Consort Live

The Talich String Quartet stopped by the VPR Performance Studio on 2/21/2013 to preview their upcoming performance at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph.

0:42 - Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2 in G Major: 2nd and 4th movements
12:14 - Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 61 in C Major, 2nd movement
23:33 - Ravel: String Quartet, 1st movement
32:18 - Debussy: String Quartet, 2nd movement
40:56 - Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 1, 5th movement "Melancolia"

Live Performance: Talich String Quartet

The Heliand Consort will tour northern Vermont May 8-11, 2013 with music of Telemann, Dvorak and others for flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano. They join Walter Parker in the VPR Performance Studio for a live preview on VPR Classical.

Heliand Consort Performs Live

The band 3 Trees performs live in the VPR Performance Studio. The group's song "That Was Sameness With People" was recently nominated for the best 2013 World Beat Song by the Independent Music Awards.

3 Trees Perform Live

The Opera Company of Middlebury provides a live preview of their 10th anniversary production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. 

Opera Company Of Middlebury Live

David Kaplan and Timo Andres play the piano, four hands arrangement of Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring."

Recorded live in the VPR Performance Studio May 28, 2013.

Live Performance: David Kaplan and Timo Andres play "Rite of Spring"

Electric violin virtuoso Tracy Silverman has been lauded by some of the great names in 20th century music. With concertos written for him (and the 6-string electric violin of his own invention) by the likes of John Adams and Terry Riley, he is a pioneer in a field of ever-blurring genres.  Silverman stops by the VPR Classical studios to talk about the project, and to perform some of his own work.

Tracy Silverman Plays Electric Violin

The Green Mountain Monteverdi Ensemble of Vermont (a serious ensemble with a tongue-in-cheek name) visits the VPR Performance Studio for a taste of their 'Double Takes' program. It features paired settings of the same text by different composers, including Bach, Schutz and others. Enjoy this performance broadcast live on VPR Classical.

Green Mountain Monteverdi Ensemble of Vermont Perform Live

Vermont Virtuosi is a new chamber music group including flutist Laurel Ann Maurer, violist Tatiana Trono and pianist Claire Black. Music is by Maurice Durufle, Arthur Foote and a world premiere by Vermont composer David Gunn.

Vermont Virtuosi Perform Live On VPR Classical

Violinist Kevin Lawrence, Artistic Director of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and harpist Rebecca Kauffman visit the Performance Studio to play Camille Saint-Saens' Fantasy.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Live

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