From the Vault

Series produced by WICR

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From the Vault is a musical treasure hunt for unusual, intriguing and underplayed classical music of the 20th and 21st century. These "hidden gems" give listener's the chance to experience fascinating music that is out of the ordinary.

From the Vault presents music that is out of the ordinary. Music from the 20th and 21st century that is for the musically curious who enjoy going on a weekly treasure hunt for pieces by Eric Ewazen, Eric Whitacre, Graeme Koehne, Frank Martin, Bohuslav Martinu, William Grant Still, Michael Daugherty and many others.

These one-hour episodes include full orchestra and choral works as well as chamber music for brass, strings and winds and, once in a while some remarkable music by composers from other eras. Your host is Henri Pensis, has been working in public radio since 1977 in many roles and classical music has been a common denominator at each stop.

Join us for the weekly treasure hunt that is From the Vault. From the Vault is produced at the facilities of WICR Radio at the University of Indianapolis.


124 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Igor Stravinsky created some film music and one of the pieces he dropped from a film project made its reappearance as the Scherzo a la Russe. Also...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:41
  • Purchases: 2
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This is a slightly quirky episode. It opens with with William Bolcom's Commedia for (Almost) 18th century Orchestra. Then Dring's Trio for Flute,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 2
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Several pieces that have a Cuban connection, a work for oboe and piano and a double concerto for bassoon and Clarinet are featured in this episode.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode has Vaughan Williams' Studies on English Folksong featuring English horn and strings, a classic wind ensemble piece by Vincent Persich...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Works by Wallingford Riegger, Boris Blacher, David Gillingham and Leos Janacek on this episode of From the Vault.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 57:15
  • Purchases: 2
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WInd band music, a classic recording of the music of William Walton, Jolivet's Trumpet Concertino, Celebration by Richard Rodney Bennet and The Wh...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 2
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This is a program featuring Russell Peck's the Glory and the Grandeur, Gian Carlo Menotti's Piano Concerto and Claude Debussy's First Rhapsody for ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Three works on this episode: The Garden of Fand by Arnold Bax, In the Beginning by Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky conducting his own Symphony i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Music featuring the tuba, oboe and neoclassical pieces by Martinu and Weiner are featured on this episode.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 56:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Promo number 1 for From the Vault

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Generic Promo No. 3 for From the Vault

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Mostly music by composers from Australia and New Zealand.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 1
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This program is an international smorgasbord featuring music from Wales, America, and France.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 57:54
  • Purchases: 1
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A classic recording of Respighi's Fountains of Rome, a sprightly and spunky Sonata by Poulenc for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone, Two Sketches Based on...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Generally speaking, this program features music for winds with selections by Paul Dukas, Madeleine Dring and Vincent Persichetti. Larger pieces i...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Some recent releases of music by Kevin McKee and Kurt Weill and a classic recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Tuba Concerto complete this episode.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This show consists of two works inspired by pop music and culture, an exceptional flute concerto written by Andre Jolivet and the folk influenced M...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
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A Swedish Rhapsody, a Brass Escape , an English Horn and Strings quartet and the Fourth Symphony of Roberto Sierra are featured in this episode.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:17
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode features music by Lukas Foss, Samuel Barber, Malcolm Arnold and Graeme Koehne.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WVTF


  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 3