NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts / 243

About

This week, from the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, From the Top celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the eyes of today’s teenagers. You’ll hear the superb Boston Children’s Chorus sing several inspiring pieces and meet a 17-year-old bassoonist whose path parallels Coretta Scott King’s early years in music.

Performers & Repertoire

• Boston Children's Chorus

  "Alleluia" by Randall Thompson
• From the Top Alumni String Quartet | Tessa Lark, violin; Ryan Shannon, violin; Clayton Penrose-Whitmore, viola; and Michael Dahlberg, cello

  II. Molto adagio from String Quartet No.1 by George Walker
• Boston Children's Chorus

  "My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord", trad. spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan and "In His Care-O", trad. spiritual, arr. William Dawson
• Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Alexandra Nelson, 17, bassoon

  Aria from Sonatine for Bassoon and Piano by Alexandre Tansman
• Boston Children's Chorus; David Waite, guitar; Branden Miles, bass; and Tessa Lark, violin

  "I'll Fly Away" by Albert E. Brumley, arr. Jim Papoulis

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Release Dates

• Monday, January 12, 2015
• Monday, January 14, 2013
• Monday, January 9, 2012

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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