NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley Costa Mesa, California / 281

About

Presented by the Pacific Symphony, this week’s From the Top comes to you from Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, California. Among highlights, you’ll hear the beautiful Andante from the Rachmoninoff Cello Sonata in G minor performed by a 16-year-old from San Francisco, and enjoy a Buxtehude Praeludium played by a teenage organist. Also, an award-winning choir sings pieces by Samuel Barber and Eric Whitacre, and a 14-year-old pianist plays Stravinsky.

Performers & Repertoire

• Michael Jon Bennett, 15, organ

  Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 163 by Dietrich Buxtehude
• La Cañada High School Chamber Singers

  "Under the Willow Tree" by Samuel Barber, accompanied by Jenna Atias, and "With A Lily In Your Hand" from The Three Flower Songs by Eric Whitacre
• Anna Boonyanit, 14, piano

  The second movement, Chez Pétrouchka from Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka by Igor Stravinsky
• Ramakrishnan Kumaran, 16, flute; with alum Ben Smolen

  Rondo from Andante et Rondo, Op. 25 by Franz Doppler
• Ila Shon, 16, cello

  The third movement, Andante, from the Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op.19 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Idyllwild Arts Academy Piano Trio, Andrew Ma, 16, violin; Wei-An Hung, 18, cello; Vuthithorn Chinthammit, 18, piano

  The third movement, Presto, from Café Music by Paul Schoenfield

Release Dates

• Monday, June 30, 2014
• Monday, February 3, 2014

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Support Provided By

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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