NPR’s From the Top: Dallas, Texas at The Cliburn Junior / Show 374
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Hosted by pianist Peter Dugan, this documentary style episode of From the Top features six of the 23 young pianists (age 13 to 17) chosen to participate in two weeks of high-level competition and intense artistic development at the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival in Dallas, Texas. From the Top’s special episode reveals the personal journeys and backstories of young artists in this midst of this incredible experience, as well as some of their groundbreaking performances.
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- Sonata in E-Flat Major, I Allegro by Franz Joseph Haydn
- Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, II Andantino Getragen by Robert Schumann
- Lowell Liebermann: Gargoyles, III. Allegro moderato and IV. Presto feroce
- Sonata for Piano Sz. 80 by Bela Bartók
- Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 by Frederic Chopin
- Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, Mvt 1 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ruth Reinhardt and Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Minor from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Klavier
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- This week From the Top goes behind-the-scenes at the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival (check your local listings or …
Release Dates
- Monday, October 7, 2019
- Monday, October 5, 2020
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