NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Boston, Massachusetts / Show 307

About

In the contemporary spirit of performance trends like Groupmuse in which young performers organize impromptu house concerts to play chamber music, From the Top presents its first “House Concert” from Boston, Massachusetts, and it has a decidedly more intimate feel. A cellist who’s just 11 years old performs the music of David Popper, and we meet a teenage classical guitarist who’s also a poet, a neuroscience nerd, and a serious skateboarder.

Performers & Repertoire

• Valerie Kim, 17, violin

  Tango (por Una Cabeza), by Carlos Gardel, arr. John Williams
• Margaret O’Leary, 18, bassoon

  The first movement, Allegretto moderato, and the second movement, Allegro scherzando, from Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G major, Op. 168, by Camille Saint-Saëns
• Harry Rylance, 18, piano

  Etude Op. 2, No. 1, and Etude Op. 8, No. 12, by Alexander Scriabin
• Jason Lewis, 18, guitar

  The third movement, La Toccata de Pasquini from Sonata, by Leo Brouwer
• Dylan Wu, 10, cello

  Tarantella, Op. 33 by David Popper
• Jason Lewis, 18, guitar

  The third movement, Fuoco, from Libra Sonatine by Roland Dyens

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Release Dates

• Monday, September 7, 2015
• Monday, February 15, 2016
• Monday, September 12, 2016

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