NPR’s From the Top: Highlight Show 31

About

From the Top presents its annual highlights program with host Peter Dugan, featuring some of the most exciting music performances and memorable interviews we’ve featured over the past couple of seasons. We’ll meet a teenage violinist who has grown up off the grid in rural Indiana; a young pianist from Georgia who performs a beautifully impressionistic work for solo piano by Alexandre Tansman; and a 12-year-old cellist who performs the music of David Popper and then solves a Rubik’s Cube, live, on-stage in under 19 seconds.

Performers & Repertoire

• 19-year-old violinist, Daniel Kim from Wallingford, Pennsylvania

  Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43 by Pablo de Sarasate with pianist Christopher O’Riley
• 17-year-old pianist, Helen Bryant from Waleska, Georgia

  I. Intermezzo and II. Mazurka from Arabesques for Piano by Alexandre Tansman
• 17-year-old soprano, Lindsey Reynolds from New Orleans, Louisiana

  “Una donna a quindici anni" from Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with pianist Christopher O’Riley
• 19-year-old composer, Alistair Coleman from Bethesda, Maryland

  “Images from Falling Water” by Alistair Coleman, performed by Connor Dugas (flute), Andrew Friedman (clarinet), Ani Bukujian (violin), Stephanie Li (cello), Sohrab Bazargannia (percussion), Jungeun Kim (piano).
• 18-year-old oboist, Joshua Owens from Austin, Texas

  The Second Movement from the Sonata for Oboe and Piano Op.166 by Camille Saint-Saëns with pianist Christopher O’Riley
• 12-year-old cellist, Joshua Kovac from Johnson City, Tennessee

  Concert Polonaise, Op. 14 by David Popper
• 17-year-old violinist, Maria Sanderson from Morgantown, Indiana

  "Summerland" for violin and piano by William Grant Still with pianist Christopher O'Riley

Release Dates

• Monday, September 14, 2020
• Monday, March 22, 2021
• Monday, March 14, 2022

Release date is when this show is released to NPR stations, here on our website, and to our podcast. Shows are released on a weekly basis; please check your local NPR station listing for the actual airtime in your market. If you'd like, you can visit NPR's "Find Stations" page to look for your station.

Support Provided By

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

You may also like...