NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Bogotá, Colombia / 255

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo | Presented by Batuta

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What do young musicians who come from the edge of the Amazon rain forest, the sophisticated big city of Bogotá, and the villages and towns in-between have in common? An incredible music education system and one of the top youth orchestras in the Americas! This week, From the Top comes to you from the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia, where you’ll hear amazing performances by the Colombian Youth Philharmonic and one of the nation’s flagship Orff ensembles.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Maestro Matthew Hazelwood.

Performers & Repertoire

Filarmónica Joven de Colombia
“Batalla Imperial” from “Tiento del Primer Tono y Batalla Imperial” by Cristóbal Halffter
Filarmónica Joven de Colombia and Christopher O’Riley, piano
variations 19–24 from the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Filarmónica Joven de Colombia
Death and Transfiguration, Op.24 by Richard Strauss
Allegro Ensemble
“El Abrazo” by Gustavo Adolfo Renjifo, arr. Martha Sofía Rivera
Allegro Ensemble
“Te Olvidé” by Antonio María Peñaloza, arr. Martha Sofía Rivera
Filarmónica Joven de Colombia
“Colombia Tierra Querida”

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