NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Purchase, New York / Show 343

About

From Purchase, New York, this week’s From the Top highlights the 115 incredible young musicians that make up Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Featured on the program are four performances by the full ensemble under Maestra Marin Alsop including an adrenaline-inducing performance of John Adams’ “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” and a newly-commissioned work by composer Gabriela Lena Frank.

Performers & Repertoire

• National Youth Orchestra of the USA

  "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by John Adams (b.1947)
• National Youth Orchestra of the USA

  II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell from Symphony No. 1 "The Titan" by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
• Evan Johanson, violin; Andrew Kim, violin; Kayla Cabrera, viola; Isabel Won, cello; Christopher O'Riley, piano

  III. Scherzo from the Piano Quintet in G Minor Op. 57 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
• Jessica Shand, flute

  I. Allegro giocoso from the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Jindřich Feld (1925-2007) with Christopher O'Riley, piano
• National Youth Orchestra of the USA

  Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra by Gabriela Lena Frank (b.1972)
• National Youth Orchestra of the USA

  Finale - Conga del Fuego Nuevo by Arturo Márquez (b.1950)

Release Dates

• Monday, October 30, 2017
• Monday, May 7, 2018

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