NPR’s From the Top: Portland, ME / Show 379

About

This program from Portland ME, guest hosted by pianist Orli Shaham, features conversations focusing on the unique stage of artistic development that each From the Top performer is experiencing at this point in their lives. We meet a young clarinetist who shares with us how he manages to breath effectively while playing extremely taxing repertoire, and a young pianist who shares how she tames her instrument in order to be a good collaborator with string players in chamber music.

Guests

• Guest Host: Orli Shaham
  A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety and brilliance, Orli Shaham has established an impressive international reputation as one of today's most gifted pianists. Hailed by critics on four continents, Ms. Shaham is in demand for her prodigious skills and admired for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire.

Performers & Repertoire

• Fervida Piano Trio, from Burlingame, California

  Sean Mori, violin, 17
  Angeline Kiang, cello, 15
  Karina Tseng, piano, 17
  Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No. 1, Ghost, I. Allegro vivace e con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Christian Chiu, piano, 17, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  

  Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 3 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
• Annabel Parker, soprano, 17, from Rockport, Maine

  Quella fiamma che m’accende by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
• Joshua Choi, clarinet, 15, from Palisades Park, New Jersey

  Clarinet Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 167, IV. Molto allegro by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
• Joshua Rosenthal, violin, 16, from Damariscotta, Maine & Josie Davis, violin, From the Top alumna, from Rockport, Maine

  Lime Rock by Mark O’Connor

Related Stories

• Young Maine musicians to perform in Portland for NPR’s ‘From the Top’

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Release Dates

• Monday, December 16, 2019
• Monday, August 3, 2020
• Monday, May 3, 2021

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Support Provided By

Support for this recording of From the Top is made possible by the Onion Foundation, with additional support from Great Diamond Partners, and media sponsor, Maine Public.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

The performance of Mark O’Conner’s Limerock is part of the From the Top’s New Music Series with support from the Amphion Foundation and Aaron Copland Fund for Music

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