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From the Virginia Arts Festival in Newport News, Virginia, a 17-year-old baritone sings Handel, a 15-year-old cellist plays Mendelssohn, and a teenage saxophone quartet from Chicago plays piece that really “cooks.”
Performers and repertoire:
Priscella Chan, piano, 16, from Arcadia, CA performing Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations) by Robert Muczynski
Elliott Hines, baritone, 17, from Sugar Land, TX, a Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist, performing “Sì tra I ceppi” by George Frideric Handel
Brendon Elliott, violin, 13, from Newport News, VA performing V. Rondo Allegro (est. 4:00 w/cuts) from Symphonie Espagnole by Édouard Lalo (1823-1892), accompanied by Christopher O’Riley, piano
Jennie Brent, cello, 15, from New Haven, CT performing Song Without Words in D major, Op. 109 by Felix Mendelssohn
What’s Cookin’ (saxophone quartet) from Midwest Young Artists in Chicago performs Quartet for Saxophone, III. With Vigor by Elliot Del Borgo. The quartet features Amanda Peterson, 18, soprano saxophone from Ingleside, Illinois, Mira DeJong, 17, alto saxophone from Oak Park, Illinois, Kateri Tumminello, 18, tenor saxophone from Lindenhurst, IL, and Joshua Plotner, 15, baritone saxophone from Northbrook, Illinois
Performers & Repertoire
- “Sì tra I ceppi” by George Frideric Handel
- Quartet for Saxophone, III. With Vigor by Elliot Del Borgo
Release Dates
- Monday, November 10, 2008
- Monday, July 27, 2009
- Monday, June 16, 2008
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