NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Highwood, Illinois / Show 348

About

From the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory in Highwood, Illinois, this week’s From the Top features a line-up of all Chicago-area young musicians, including fantastic teenage piano trio playing Cassado and seven members of the Percussion Scholarship Group of Chicago.

Performers & Repertoire

• Trio Keluvaina (Kimberly Han, 16, piano; Rebecca Moy, 17, violin; Haddon Kay, 18, cello)

  III. Recitativo - Rondo: Allegro vivo from Piano Trio in C Major by Gaspar Cassadó
• William Tan, 13, cello

  II. Allegro from Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40 by Dmitri Shostakovich with Christopher O'Riley, piano
• Percussion Scholarship Group, coached by Patsy Dash and Douglas Waddell

  "Catching Shadows" by Ivan Trevino
• George Dalianis, 17, piano

  Chopin's Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
• Ria Honda, 17, violin

  "Carmen Fantasie" by Franz Waxman with Christopher O'Riley, piano
• Ria Honda, 17, violin

  "Estrellita” by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), arr. Jascha Heifetz, with Christopher O’Riley, piano

Release Dates

• Monday, February 26, 2018
• Monday, August 6, 2018
• Monday, January 21, 2019
• Monday, August 12, 2019

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Support Provided By

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Trio Keluvaina’s appearance is supported by Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP)
The Percussion Scholarship Group’s performance is part of From the Top’s New Music Series, supported in part by the Amphion Foundation and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music

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