NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Lubbock, Texas / Show 320

About

From Lubbock Texas, this week’s From the Top features a 16-year-old pianist who is one of the few lucky students able to take lessons with the internationally-renowned concert pianist, Jean-Yves Thibaudet. We’ll hear from Maestro Thibaudet and enjoy the young pianist’s superb performance. We’ll also meet a young violinist from the city of Lubbock itself who performs the music of Spanish composer Manuel De Falla, and a teen cellist shares a moving story about nearly giving up his instrument and the mindset that brought him back to music.

Performers & Repertoire

• Fiona Shea, 16, violin

  Danse Espagnole by Manuel de Falla, arr. Kreisler
• Nicholas Mendez, 16, piano

  IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito from the Sonata for Piano, Op. 26, by Samuel Barber
• Yuna Langehennig, 16, flute

  Andante et Scherzo by Louis Ganne
• Trio Lago Verde

  Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8, I. Allegro con brio by Johannes Brahms
• Josiah Yoo, 18, cello

  Pezzo Capriccioso by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Nicholas Mendez, 16, piano

  III. Allegretto from Excursions, Op.20, by Samuel Barber

Release Dates

• Monday, April 4, 2016
• Monday, October 31, 2016
• Monday, June 26, 2017

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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