30 episodes
Studio A Interlochen Public Radio
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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From high school students to Grammy winners, join us in Interlochen Public Radio's Studio A for insightful interviews and performances of works new and old.
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Alex Berko
"Condense Eternity" by composer Alex Berko is inspired by iconic Michigan and New York bridges. The piece gets its Interlochen premiere this weekend with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Rebecca Tong.
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Rebecca Tong
Conductor Rebecca Tong conducts Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra this weekend in a program highlighting the "Enigma Variations" by Edward Elgar and new music by Alex Berko.
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Apollo V and the Couperin Quintet
Two high school student wind quintets from Interlochen Arts Camp visited IPR's Studio A to perform music by Carl Nielsen and Maurice Ravel.
Apollo V
Mariana Perez-Alvarez, flute, Katy, Texas
Kate Roberts, oboe, Wylie, Texas
Tom Wang, clarinet, Sammamish, Wash.
Paul Wittmer, bassoon, Buffalo, N.Y.
Ben Shugart, horn, Grand Prairie, Texas
Coach: Sharon Sparrow
Carl Nielsen, Quintet: I. Allegro ben moderato
Couperin Quintet
Marko Sretenovic, flute, Belgrade, Serbia
Leo Egen, oboe, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Chris Cui, clarinet, Apex, N.C.
Damian Carrasco, bassoon, Cedar Park, Texas
Connor Powers, horn, Houston, Texas
Coach: Robert Walker
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin: I. Prelude (arr. Mason Jones) -
Jader Bignamini (2024)
Jader Bignamini has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) since their 2020-2021 season. He and DSO musicians are at Interlochen this weekend for two concerts, including a side-by-side concert with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Saturday's program opens with "Don Juan" by Richard Strauss and includes Ludwig van Beeethoven's "Eroica" Symphony.
Sunday's program features Dvorak's "New World" Symphony and the overture to "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi. -
The Beaver Combo
The members of the Beaver Combo are high school jazz students studying at Interlochen Arts Camp this summer.
Sam Crespino, Josiah Dean-Ware, Connor Dively, Emi Greenfield, Aiden Ledbetter and Armin Schulz-Baldes visited IPR's Studio A to perform the Errol Garner jazz standard "Misty." -
Matthew Straw
Matthew Straw leads Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra in their third concert of the 2024 season. Classical IPR presents the live broadcast this Sunday, July 14 at 7:30 PM ET.