NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Cedar Falls, Iowa / 229
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This week’s episode comes to you from the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where you’ll hear a a 14-year-old violinist perform the music of Sarasate and a 17-year-old cellist perform Shostakovich. You’ll also meet a teenager from Rhode Island who will introduce you to the high-tech digital accordion.
Performers & Repertoire
- II. Allegro from Sonata in D minor Op. 40 for Cello and Piano by Dmitri Shostakovich
- Prelude, Cadence and Finale by Alfred Desenclos
- Etude No. 3 in C minor, Op.2, by Sergei Prokofiev
- Jota Navarra by Pablo Sarasate
- La Musette by Angelo Di Pippo
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- Monday, August 15, 2011
- Monday, April 11, 2011
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