NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Houston, TX / 254

Saturday, May 12, 2012 | Wortham Center | Presented by Houston Public Radio

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This week’s show comes to you from the Brown Theater at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas, where you’ll hear a 17-year-old baritone sing Schubert and a 15-year-old pianist play Liszt’s “La Campanella.” Also, the Houston Youth Symphony performs from Beethoven’s Fideli, and a 16-year-old from Houston performs a violin show piece – on the cello!

Performers & Repertoire

Houston Youth Symphony with Michael Webster as Artistic Director and Conductor
Leonore Overture No.3, Op.72b from “Fidelio” by Ludwig van Beethoven
Charles Seo, 16, cello
“Zigeunerweisen” by Pablo de Sarasate
Shelby Nugent, 18, french horn
I.Massig bewegt from the Sonata in F major by Paul Hindemith
Aaron Bigeleisen, 17, baritone
"Kriegers Ahnung" from "Schwanengesang," D.957 by Franz Schubert
Esther Liao, 15, piano
“La Campanella” from Grandes étude de Paganini, S.141, No.3 in G-sharp minor by Franz Liszt

Release Dates

Monday, October 28, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Monday, September 3, 2012

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