Winchester, VA / 103
About
From Armstrong Concert Hall at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, this week’s From the Top features outstanding musicians from 12 to 18, including a young guitarist from Stafford, Virginia performing a spicy piece of Spanish guitar music and a playful teenage chamber ensemble from the Washington, D. C. area playing Brahms. Also, a 12-year-old violinist/advice columnist tries to rescue the personal life of a certain member of the From the Top cast.
Performers and repertoire:
Clarinetist Xiaochen Cao, 16, from Caracas, Venezuela, performs Dance Preludes, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Witold Lutaslawski.
Guitarist Andrew McEvoy, 18, from Stafford, CA, performs Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega
The Columbia Clarinet Quintet (clarinetist Giancarlo Garcia, 17; violinist Rachelle Hunt, 18; cellist Lauren Hunt, 15; violinist Emily Barkakati, 18; and violist Miranda Blakeslee, 18) from Washington, DC, performs Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 by Johannes Brahms
Soprano Grace Ann Field,from Austin, TX, performs “Gia il sole dal Gange” by Alessandro Scarlatti
Violinist Caeli Smith, 12, from Philadelphia, PA, performs “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Orpheo and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performers & Repertoire
- Dance Preludes, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Witold Lutaslawski
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega
- “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Orpheo and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck
- “Gia il sole dal Gange” by Alessandro Scarlatti
Release Dates
- Monday, March 14, 2005
- Monday, September 6, 2004
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