Beautiful Music NOW

The first-ever Burlington (VT) Baroque Festival is taking place from September 26-29, 2024! Today's Beautiful Music features a "highlight reel" of the upcoming festival, featuring Ensemble L'Harmonie des saisons.

On this solemn date, today's Beautiful Music is a work by American composer John Adams that is a direct reaction to the 9/11 attacks.

When was the last time you sang? Maybe you sing in the shower, or in the car. But when was the last time you sang FULL VOICE in public, with other people (mostly strangers) around you?

Today's Beautiful Music is a lovely, informal performance of a 300-year-old song about heartbreak by 17th century French singer, lutenist, and composer Michel Lambert.

New Jersey-born lyric tenor Howard Crook worked in theatre and mime before becoming a professional singer after winning prizes in some European vocal competitions. He specialized in singing baroque and early music.

When we think of the tuba, we may first think of an instrument that is large and unwieldy, and is likely to be playing jolly oompah music. Today's Beautiful Music shows the tuba in a surprising and delightful way.

Some peppy music by Antonio Vivaldi is today's Beautiful Music. Musicians of Les Arts Florissants perform with their founding leader, harpsichordist William Christie.

The genre of music called bardcore features medieval-style covers of popular music. They are clever and fun. So today's Beautiful Music is the bardcore version of the Earth Wind and Fire song SEPTEMBER.

Today's Beautiful Music is the September fantasia by Christopher Simpson. It's from a larger collection of 12 fantasias called The Months.

Do you enjoy Scottish music? This is your lucky day! Today's Beautiful Music features a group of brilliant musicians playing a charming mini-concert called THE SCOTTISH TRADITION.