Boston, MA / 42
About
This week, From the Top is home at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. We meet a cello trio comprised of students from the prestigious Walnut Hill School outside Boston, as well as a pianist from San Antonio, a violinist from St. Louis, and a soprano from California. Plus, we do everything we can help a young oboist from Pennsylvania improve her grade in physics.
Performers and Repertoire:
Violinist Elizabeth Ramos, 16, from St. Louis, MO, performs Jeunesse by Manuel Ponce
Oboist Toni Marchioni, 17, from Mechanicsburg, PA, performs Oboe Concerto in C Minor, 2nd mvt. by Benedetto Marcello
Soprano Lauren Criddle, 17, from Calabasas, CA, performs “V’adoro, pupille” by George Frideric Handel
Pianist Christopher O’Riley performs “Babar the Elephant” by Francis Poulenc
The Walnut Hill Cello Trio (Matan Chorev, 17, from Brookline, MA; Marcus Johnson, 17, from Natick, MA; and Kee-Hyun Kim, 18, from Natick, MA) performs Requiem by David Popper
Pianist Nathaniel Hernandez, 17, of San Antonio, TX, performs Sonata No. 7, 1st mvt. by Sergei Prokofiev
Release Dates
- Monday, February 3, 2003
- Monday, August 27, 2001
- Monday, May 7, 2001
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