NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Beijing, China / 259

Sunday, July 29, 2012 | Recital Hall at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing | Presented by Great Wall Academy

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From the Top comes to you this week from Beijing China for the second of two shows taped at the Central Conservatory of Music. Among highlights, you’ll hear a fantastic 13-year-old ehru player perform “Sunshine on Taxkorgan”by Chen Gang and an 11-year-old violinist from Brunei perform Haydn backed by the Great Wall Soloists conducted by Kurt Sassmannshaus.

Performers & Repertoire

Kristine Clair Uchi Galano, 11, violin
I. Allegro moderato from the Violin Concerto in G major, Hob.VIIa:4 by Franz Joseph Haydn with the Great Wall Soloists. Kurt Sassmannshaus, conductor.
Jiang Yi Liang, 16, violin
1.Allegro moderato from the Concerto No.1 in B-flat Major for Violin and Orchestra, K.207 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Great Wall Soloists. Kurt Sassmannshaus, conductor.
Ji Bolin, 13, ehru
“Sunshine on Taxkorgan” by Chen Gang
The Great Wall String Quartet | Yabing Tan (23), violin, Lin Haoli (23), violin, Guo Yi Tong (19), viola, and Bryant Tjahjono Gozali (19), cello; with Christopher O'Riley, piano
I.Allegro brillantefrom the Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op.44, by Robert Schumann
Xu Jin Zhao, 15, piano
Etude in A minor, Op.25, No.11 by Frédéric Chopin

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