NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Princeton, New Jersey / Show 272

About

This week’s From the Top, from Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University, celebrates the 75th anniversary of the American Boychoir. You’ll hear them perform all show long and also meet two outstanding teenage strings players, who will perform Gabriel FaurŽ and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Additionally, four members of the American Boychoir join forces to sing “I Love That Old Barbershop Style” by Einar Pederson.

Performers & Repertoire

• The American Boychoir

  "Ubi Caritas", from "Four Motets on Gregorian Themes," Op.10, No.1 byÊMaurice DuruflŽ
• The American Boychoir Barbershop Quartet

  "I Love That Old Barbershop Style" by Einar Pederson
• Gallia Kastner, 16

  Waltz-Scherzo, Op.34 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• The American Boychoir

  "When I'm 64"by The Beatles), arr. Deke Sharon
• Julia Rosenbaum, 17

  "Elegy" by Gabriel FaurŽe
• The American Boychoir, Gallia Kastner, Julia Rosenbaum, Kerry Heimann

  The American Boychoir, Gallia Kastner, Julia Rosenbaum, Kerry Heimann

  The American Boychoir, Gallia Kastner, Julia Rosenbaum, Kerry Heimann

  Versus II and III of "Christ Lag in Todes Banden," Cantata No.4 by Johann Sebastian Bach
• The American Boychoir

  The Stars & Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa, arr. John Kuzma

Release Dates

• Monday, August 18, 2014
• Monday, November 25, 2013
• Monday, June 3, 2013

Release date is when this show is released to NPR stations, here on our website, and to our podcast. Shows are released on a weekly basis; please check your local NPR station listing for the actual airtime in your market. If you'd like, you can visit NPR's "Find Stations" page to look for your station.

You may also like...