NPR’s From the Top: Los Angeles, CA / Show 367

About

Recorded in the Hollywood Scoring Studio in Los Angeles, we meet a fantastic 15-year-old pianist who loves Disney so much she can name every ride just by listening to their soundtrack! We also meet a prize-winning string quartet who performs Mendelssohn’s second string quartet and a teenage saxophone player from Texas plays a virtuosic work by a 20th-century composer.

Guests

• Guest Host: Pianist Peter Dugan
  Prizing versatility as the key to the future of classical music, pianist Peter Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.

Performers & Repertoire

• 15-year-old pianist Josephine Chan

  L'Isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy (1862-1918).
• 17-year-old violinist Enrique Rodrigues

  Sonata in D minor, Op.27, No.3 "Ballade" by Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931).
• The Bear Quartet

  I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
• 17-year-old saxophone player Edward Chen

  II. Andante and III. Presto from Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Piano by Roger Boutry (b.1932), with Peter Dugan, piano.
• 16-year-old cellist Shengyu Meng

  "Capriccio" by Lukas Foss (1922-2009), with Peter Dugan, piano.
• 15-year-old pianist Josephine Chan

  Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.28, by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Release Dates

• Monday, April 22, 2019
• Monday, November 11, 2019
• Monday, May 18, 2020

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Support Provided By

Volgenau Foundation

The Bear Quartet’s appearance is supported by Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP)

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