Giving Thanks with Orli Shaham / Show 455

About

This week, we’re giving thanks for the power of music. Guest Host Orli Shaham joins our young musicians for a feast of beautiful performances and meaningful conversations about gratitude and the importance of music in our lives. You’ll hear performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and more!

Be sure to check out pianist Orli Shaham’s Limited Edition Box Set of Complete Mozart Sonatas available on November 15!

Guests

• Guest Host: Orli Shaham
  Pianist Orli Shaham is a frequent guest host of From the Top.

Performers & Repertoire

• Cellist Peter Olmeda, 18, from Winchester, MA

  Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" by Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
• Pianist Perry Moskowitz, 17, from Ipswich, MA

  Sonata No. 13 in Eb major "Quasi una Fantasia" Op. 27, No. 1, I. Andante by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Cellist Noah Ferris, 18, from Amherst, MA

  Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135, I. Prologue by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
• Violinist/Vocalist Lillian Arnold Mages, 15, from Waltham, MA

  Melodie by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
• Pianist Victoria S. Bi, 16, from Dallas, TX

  Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Release Date

• Monday, November 18, 2024

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