NPR’s From the Top: Boston, MA / Show 360

About

This week on From the Top, legendary jazz pianist Fred Hersch collaborates with young performers with guest host Yuga Cohler. We hear a teenage pianist join Hersch in a piano duo performance of Samuel Barber, an award-winning string quartet wows the audience with Mendelssohn, and a young cellist performs one of Hersch’s original compositions, “Bittersweet Tango”.

Guests

• Guest Artist: Fred Hersch
  Fred is a legendary jazz pianist and author who has been nominated for 10 Grammy awards.
• Guest Host: Yuga Cohler
  Yuga is the music director for the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and is an alum of NPR’s From the Top

Performers & Repertoire

• Hina Khuong-Huu, 14, violin

  II. Appassionato from Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.17 by Josef Suk (1874-1935), with Jingxuan Zhang, piano.
• Avik Sarkar, 17, piano

  I. Allegro moderato from Piano Sonata, Sz.80 by Béla Bartók (1881-1945).
• Avik Sarkar, 17, piano and Fred Hersch

  “Hesitation Tango” for two pianos by Samuel Barber with Fred Hersch
• The Kairos Quartet

  I. Allegro vivace assai from String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
• Lydia Rhea, 19, cello

  "Tango Bittersweet" by Fred Hersch, with Fred Hersch, piano.

Release Dates

• Monday, November 26, 2018
• Monday, April 15, 2019

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Support Provided By

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Carriage House Violins
Mass Cultural Council
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism

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