NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley Cincinnati, Ohio / 286

About

From Corbett Auditorium in Cincinnati, Ohio, this program features one of the strongest pre-collegiate music programs in the country: The Cincinnati Starling Project. Host Christopher O’Riley joins Starling’s flagship orchestra to play Mozart, we’ll hear a 12-year-old violinist and one of the program’s most talented young soloists perform the music of Edward Elgar, and three From the Top alumni return to share their stories of mega success on YouTube and to perform a wonderfully schmaltzy comedic violin trio.

BONUS: Watch a video of the performers taking it beyond the concert hall, visiting schools in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Performers & Repertoire

• The Starling Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Sassmannshaus

  The third movement, Rondeau, from Serenade for Orchestra No. 6 in D major, K. 239, "Serenata notturna," by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Yilun Xu, 17, piano

  "Feux d'artifice" (Fireworks) from Préludes, Book II, by Claude Debussy
• Skye Park, 12, violin

  "Salut d'amour" by Edward Elgar with the Starling Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Sassmannshaus
• The Starling/From the Top Alumni Trio
  Tessa Lark, Jonathan Miron, Charles Yang

  Serenade (Siciliano) for Three Violins and Piano by Joseph Hellmesberger Sr, with pianist Christopher O'Riley | Performance video
• Avery Roth-Hawthorne, 17, French horn

  The first movement, Adagio, from Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, by Robert Schumann, with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Christopher O’Riley and the Starling Chamber Orchestra

  The third movement, Rondeau-Allegretto, from Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, conducted by Kurt Sassmannshaus.

Beyond the Concert Hall

With support from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, the performers traveled to Rowan County in Kentucky for three amazing days of arts outreach work. Check out the photos in our photo gallery, or watch the video.

Release Dates

• Monday, November 10, 2014
• Monday, May 5, 2014
• Monday, July 13, 2015

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Support Provided By

William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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