NPR’s From the Top : Boston, MA / Show 369

About

From the famed Isabella Stewert Gardner Museum in Boston, this episode of From the Top is guest hosted by renowned violinist Leila Josefowicz with co-host Michelle Cann. We meet a teenage violinist who talks about the struggle of coping with very high expectations, a 14-year-old pianist flies over the keys while performing Chopin, and for the first time, both hosts of the program perform together with two young musicians for Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time.”

Guests

• Guest Host: Leila Josefowicz
  Violinist Leila Josefowicz is an international concert and recording artist with a passion for contemporary music.
• Pianist: Michelle Cann
  Concert pianist and From the Top alumna Michelle Cann is a young artist with a deep musical commitment to performing a wide range of repertoire throughout the US and to bringing the arts to local communities.

Performers & Repertoire

• 16-year-old violinist Jun Lin from Larchmont, NY

  I. Allegro from Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, "Spring," by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), with Michelle Cann, piano.
• 18-year-old flutist Mai Nguyen from Cambridge, MA

  Concertino, Op. 107 for Flute and Piano, by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944), with Michelle Cann, piano.
• Quartet for the End of Time
  • 16-year-old clarinetist Anoush Pogossian and 18-year-old cellist Esther Yu with pianist Michelle Cann and violinist Leila Josefowicz

  I. Liturgie de cristal from the Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
• 14-year-old pianist Alejandra Sarmiento from Lighthouse Point, FL

  Etude Op. 25, No. 1 and 2 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
• 17-year-old baritone Preston Jones from Fort Washington, MD

  “Toglietemi la vita ancor” by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), with Michelle Cann, piano
• Brahms Trio
  • 16-year-old clarinetist Anoush Pogossian and 18-year-old cellist Esther Yu with pianist Michelle Cann

  IV. Allegro from Clarinet Trio, Op.114 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Release Dates

• Monday, May 20, 2019
• Monday, June 8, 2020

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Support Provided By

Arthur M Winn and Family
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Boston Cultural Council
Mass Cultural Council

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