NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Davis, California / 263
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This week, From the Top comes to you from the Robert and Margaret Mondavi Performing Arts Center at the University of California Davis, where you’ll meet an array of award-winning young musicians, including a 17-year-old guitarist who plays Chopin and a 16-year-old flutist who beatboxes on her flute. You’ll also meet a 15-year-old pianist who plays Johann Strauss, a trio who plays Astor Piazzolla, and an 11-year-old violinist who performs Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen.
Performers & Repertoire
- Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 by Pablo de Sarasate
- Duo for Flute and Piano, III. Lively, With Bounce by Aaron Copland; and 3rd Beat from Three Beats for Beat Box Flute by Greg Pattillo
- Prelude No.15 in D-flat major, Op.28, “Raindrop” by Frédéric Chopin, transcribed by József Eötvös
- "Soirée de Vienne", Concert Paraphrase on Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Op.56 by Alfred Grünfeld
- Primavera Porteña from “The 4 Seasons of Beunos Aires” by Astor Piazzolla
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- Monday, July 29, 2013
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