NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Boston, Massachusetts / Show 349

About

This week’s show comes from our hometown of Boston, Massachusetts where we meet an accomplished local pianist who made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 7, a young musician who’s the second ever double bassist to win the prestigious Stulberg International Strings Competition performs Bottesini, and we get to know a teenage violinist who is also a whiz at New York Times crossword puzzles.

Performers & Repertoire

• Ifetayo Ali-Landing, 15, cello

  Allegro appassionato, Op.43 for Cello and Piano by Camille Saint-Saëns
• Naomi Yamaguchi, 13, piano

  "Ricercare and Toccata" on a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
• William McGregor, 18, double bass

  I. Allegro Moderato from the Concerto for Double Bass no. 2 by Giovanni Bottesini
• Jeremy Davis, 17, marimba

  "Land" by Takatsugu Muramatsu
• Alexander Goldberg, 17, violin

  Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 - I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck by Robert Schumann
• William McGregor, 17, double bass

  II. Andante from the Concerto for Double Bass no. 2 by Giovanni Bottesini

Release Dates

• Monday, March 19, 2018
• Monday, August 27, 2018
• Monday, February 4, 2019
• Monday, August 19, 2019

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Support Provided By

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Arthur Winn and the Winn Family Charitable Foundation

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