NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Boston, Massachusetts / Show 356

About

Recorded live on stage during From the Top’s Annual Gala in Boston, this episode features incredible young musicians and a special appearance by NPR’s All Things Considered Emeritus Host Robert Siegel. We hear a soprano sing a beautifully ethereal piece by Debussy, a teenage violinist shares how his love of hip-hop inspires him to communicate the power of music to his audiences, and a 10-year-old pianist from Missouri performs an exquisite piece by Chopin.

Performers & Repertoire

• Taggart Squared

  "Ragtime alla Turca" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and Greg Anderson (b. 1981), arranged for four hands on one piano by Emma Taggart
• Adrian Steele, 18, violin

  I. Allegro con fuoco from Violin Sonata, FP 119 by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Tatum Robertson, 23, soprano

  IV. Paysages belges. Chevaux de bois and V. Aquarelles I. Green from “Ariettes oubliées" by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Jerry Chang, 10, piano

  Nocturne in F sharp Major Op. 15, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
• Adrian Steele, 18, violin

  IV. Allegretto poco mosso from Violin Sonata by César Franck (1822-1890) with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violin, Nathan Meltzer, 17, violin, Mira Williams, viola, Jonah Ellsworth, cello with Host Christopher O'Riley

  III. Scherzo from Piano Quintet No. 2 by Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
• Alumni Quintet
• Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violin
• Nathan Meltzer, 17, violin
• Mira Williams, violia
• Jonah Ellsworth, cello
• Jerry Chang, 10, piano

  II. Presto agitato from 2 Klavierstücke by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Release Dates

• Monday, September 3, 2018
• Monday, February 11, 2019

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Support Provided By

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Presenter

Adage Capital Management, L.P.

Producer

The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
Elizabeth and Phill Gross
The Klarman Family Foundation
Susan and Gerald Slavet

Host

Tom and Lisa Blumenthal
Cynthia and Oliver Curme/The Lost & Foudation, Inc.
Linda and Michael Frieze

Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Nancy and Richard Lubin
John and Janet Pattillo

Announcer

Elaine and Robert LeBuhn
Bethany and Robert Millard
William and Lia Poorvu
Frances G. Pratt and Harold I. Pratt

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