Celebrating Announcer Joanne Robinson / HL-36
Monday, September 12, 2022 |
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In honor of longtime From the Top announcer Joanne Robinson’s 20 years with the show, this highlights program features some of Robinson’s superb comedic contributions to From the Top. It also features performances by young performers personally chosen by Joanne Robinson for their power and joy.
Guests
- Host: Peter Dugan
Peter Dugan's position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet. - Special Co-Host: Joanne Robinson
Longtime announcer of From the Top.
Performers & Repertoire
- Estrellita by Manuel Ponce, arranged by Patrick Sheridan, Christopher O’Riley, piano
- Baritone Jarrod Lentz, 17, from Palmyra, PA
Jarrod appeared on Show 63 in 2002. He’s now an employee of From the Top.“Bright is the Ring of Words” and “The Vagabond” from Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams - Harbison Quintet with pianist Lisa Rah, 17; cellist Jacqueline Choi, 17; violist Alex Petersen, 16; and violinists Hong-Ji Kim, 17, and Sarah Koenig-Plonskier, 16 from the Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA.
The Harbison Quintet performed on Show 94 in 2004.Piano Quintet, Mvmt 2 "Capriccio" and Mvmt 4 "Burletta" by John Harbison. - Death and Transfiguration, Op.24 by Richard Strauss, conductor Luis Guillermo Vicaria
- The AYM Piano Trio from Midwest Young Artists with violinist Shawn Moore, 17, from Elgin, IL; cellist Chris Trigg, 18, from Waukegan, IL; and pianist Samuel Cormier-Iijima, 16, from Palatine, IL
AYM trio appeared on Show 121 in 2005.Café Music, III. Presto by Paul Schoenfield - Mephisto Waltz, No. 1 by Franz Liszt
Release Date
- Monday, September 12, 2022
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