The Interlochen Collection
Join Classical IPR every week for The Interlochen Collection, a program of music from the archives of Interlochen Center for the Arts.
The program features music performances from the land of the stately pines, stories from Interlochen's history and updates from notable alumni.
Most episodes are also available to stream on demand through the IPR website or Interlochen Public Radio mobile app.
Past episodes
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Hear Interlochen Arts Academy and Camp student ensembles perform music inspired by literature - from Goethe to Voltaire to fairy tale to fantasy. -
This program revisits Interlochen’s Willcocks Choral Festival from 1998, with music conducted by Sir David Willcocks.
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Hear performances of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 and String Quartet no. 11 "Serioso" from Interlochen Arts Camp 2023.
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Hear choral music by 20th- and 21st-century composers including Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Eric Whitacre, Chen Yi and more.
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Revisit a concert from July 2023 featuring the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Jader Bignamini conducts Mahler's Symphony no. 1.
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Dive into a program of water music by Strauss, Smetana, Debussy, Bonfá and Bernstein.
More from Interlochen's archives
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Hear an archival recording of the 1942 world premiere of Percy Grainger's transcription of Cesar Franck's Choral no. 2, performed at Interlochen's National Music Camp.
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Read about and listen to some of the earliest performances of Maurice Ravel's iconic Bolero at Interlochen.
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A 1943 broadcast of a student performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Douglas Moore's operetta, directed by Metropolitan Opera tenor George Rasely.
