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This week, from New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston, our line-up of outstanding young musicians includes a 14-year-old pianist from New York performing Prokofiev, an 18-year-old cellist playing Elgar, and the teenage winner of the U. S. National Accordion Championship performing a virtuosic piece called “Chopin’s Nightmare.”
Performers and Repertoire:
The Juilliard Piano Quintet (violinists Stephanie Song, 18 and Betty Zhou, 17; violist Daniel Hedinger, 18; cellist Philo Lee, 16; and pianist Steven Lin, 17) from New York City, NY, performs Piano Quintet, Opus 81 by Anton Dvorak
Pianist Clare Yeo, 14, from New York City, NY, performs “Mercutio” from the “Romeo & Juliet” suite by Sergei Prokofiev
Cellist and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Marvin Brown, 18 from Charlottesville, VA, performs “Salut d’Amour” by Edward Elgar
Violinist Mindy Chen, 11, from Fremont, CA, performs “Romanza Andalusa” by Pablo de Sarasate
Accordion player Samuel Thomas, 18, from Cheney, WA, performs “Chopin’s Nightmare” by Joe Spano
Performers & Repertoire
- Piano Quintet, Opus 81 by Anton Dvorak and IV. Presto agitato from the Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 by Johannes Brahms
- "Salut d'Amour" by Edward Elgar
Release Dates
- Monday, October 22, 2007
- Monday, May 28, 2007
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