NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Mesa, Arizona / Show 269

About

This week, From the Top is at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona where you’ll hear a 15-year-old violinist play a piece by Zolt‡n Kod‡ly and a 14-year-old pianist play Prokofiev. Also, you’ll enjoy a setting of a poem by Walt Whitman composed by a 17-year-old and performed by the Phoenix Children’s Chorus. Audio for this show will be available on the right starting April 8.

Performers & Repertoire

• Austen Yueh, 16, clarinet

  IV. Molto Allegro fromÊthe Sonata in E-flat for Clarinet and Piano, Op.167 by CamilleÊSaint-Sa‘ns
• Jangwoo "Peter" Eom, 17

  III. Allegro Molto Vivace from the Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8 by Zolt‡n Kod‡ly
• Adé Williams, 15

  Sonata No.3 in D minor for Violin and Piano, Op.108 by Johannes Brahms
• Christopher Richardson, 14

  III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiere from Sonata No.4 in C minor, Op.29 by Sergei Prokofiev
• Phoenix Children's Chorus

  "O Captain! My Captain!" by composer Trey Pernell, 17
• Phoenix Children's Chorus

  "Angels Watchin' Over Me," trad. spiritual, with additional words and music by Greg Gilpin, accompanied by Lori Woods, piano
• Trey Pernell, composer

  "O Captain! My Captain!"

Beyond the Concert Hall

Giving Back to the Arizona Community (http://greenroom.fromthetop.org/2013/03/29/giving-back-to-the-arizona-community/)

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Release Dates

• Monday, September 23, 2013
• Monday, April 8, 2013

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