NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Boston, Massachusetts / 240

About

This week, From the Top is at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston, where you’ll meet a 15-year-old pianist who has already performed at the White House as well as in Baghdad with the Iraqi Symphony. Also, a 17-year-old violinist plays the music of César Franck, a teenage singer performs two pieces by Dominick Argento, and a young cello quartet closes the show with music that evokes the spirit of an old fashioned barn raising.

Performers & Repertoire

• Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, 15, piano

  IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito from Sonata in E-flat, Op. 26 by Samuel Barber
• Boston Flute Academy Quartet |Elizabeth Sperry, 15, flute; Jinji Zhang, 17, flute; Brendan Dooley, 17, flute; and Emma Huelskamp, 17, flute

  “Lyric Poem” by George McKay
• Ashley Robillard, 17, soprano

  “The Tulip Tree” by Ned Rorem and “Winter” from 6 Elizabethan Songs by Dominick Argento
• Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Jisoo Kim, 17, violin

  IV. Allegretto poco mosso from Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by César Franck
• Shades of Red Cello Quartet | Leland Ko, 13, cello; Zlatomir Fung, 12, cello; Claire Raizen, 16, cello; and Andrew Laven, 16, cello

  “A Barnraising” by Steve Laven

Release Dates

• Monday, May 14, 2012
• Monday, November 28, 2011

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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