NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Danville, Kentucky / Show 335

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From Danville, Kentucky, this week’s From the Top features a 10-year-old violinist who performs the music of Edward Elgar and shares some colorful stories of growing up in Kentucky with her 6 siblings. Also on the program, a beautifully detailed classical guitar performance by a young man from South Carolina, and a talented teenage pianist from Massachusetts performs Chopin.

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Performers & Repertoire

• Hsi-Yun Wu, 15, piano

  II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato and IV. Vivace from Piano Sonata No.2, Op.14 by Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
• Lilyanne Thoroughman, 10, violin

  Salut d’Amour, Op.12 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934), with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Mari Nagahara, 18, cello

  II. Scherzo from the Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.65 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Joseph Tollefsen, 17, guitar

  I. Preludio saudade and III. Allegro solemne from “La Catedral” by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)
• Daniel Charif, 17, flute

  Cantabile et Presto by George Enescu (1881-1955), with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Mari Nagahara, 18, cello

  III. Largo from the Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.65 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), with Christopher O’Riley, piano

Release Dates

• Monday, May 15, 2017
• Monday, December 4, 2017
• Monday, July 16, 2018

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust

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