NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: New York, New York / Show 338

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For the second time in the show’s history, this week’s From the Top from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Room will feature a teenage counter-tenor as well as his guitar-playing collaborator for two beautiful art songs. Also on the program, a piece by a teenage composer is given its radio premiere by a quintet of From the Top alums, and a 16-year-old pianist who could give Yuja wang a run for her money performs a fiery piece by Alberto Ginastera.

Performers & Repertoire

• Hana Chang, 14, violin

  I. Allegro vivo from the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Kate Wegener, 16, oboe

  II. Einfach, innig from Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op.94 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Benjamin Wenzelberg, 16, counter-tenor

  "Can She Excuse My Wrongs" by John Dowland (1563-1626) and "La Tarara" by Federico García Lorca (1898–1936).
• Kang Min Shin, 17, guitar

  "Can She Excuse My Wrongs" by John Dowland (1563-1626) and "La Tarara" by Federico García Lorca (1898–1936).
• Justin Zeitlinger, 16, composer

  II. Elegia and III. Intermezzo from “Fantasy” for String Quintet by Justin Zeitlinger
• From the Top Alumni String Quintet: Violin I, Valerie Kim, Violin II, Jieming Tang, Viola, Jasper Snow, Viola, Erin Pitts, and Cello, Eddie Pogossian

  II. Elegia and III. Intermezzo from “Fantasy” for String Quintet by Justin Zeitlinger
• Coco Ma, 16, piano

  II. "Danza de la moza donosa" and III. "Danza del gaucho matrero" from Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
• Hana Chang, 14, violin

  Scherzo Capriccioso, Op.18 by František Ondříček (1857-1922), with Christopher O’Riley, piano

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