NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Boston, Massachusetts / Show 328

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About

From Boston Massachusetts, this week’s episode features a 12-year-old cellist performing a show piece by David Popper, a moving setting of a Newfoundland folks song performed by the Young Women’s Chamber Choir of Boston’s famous Handel and Haydn Society, and we’ll meet a Boston teenager so zealous about studying classical music, he managed to cram 4 instruments, 2 Boston orchestras, and a chorus into his schedule.

Transcript

Read the full transcript with accompanying musical segments here.

Performers & Repertoire

• Sean Yu, 12, cello

  Polonaise de Concert, Op.14 by David Popper with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Helen Wargelin, 18, horn

  Nocturno, Op. 7 by Franz Strauss (1822-1905) with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Handel and Haydn Young Women's Chamber Choir

  “Early Spring” - a Traditional Newfoundland Folk Song arranged by Kathleen Allan
• Wenfang (Ivan) Han, 16, piano

  V. Sonata Tragica from Forgotten Melodies II, Op.39 by Nikolai Medtner
• Sammy Andonian, 18, violin

  I. Allegro vivo from the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Claude Debussy with Christopher O’Riley, piano
• Sammy Andonian, 18, violin

  Tambourin Chinois, Op.3 by Fritz Kreisler with Christopher O’Riley, piano

Beyond the Concert Hall

From the Top musicians visited the Boston Children’s Hospital on Monday, October 17, performing a concert for live audiences and for broadcast into patient rooms.

Release Dates

• Monday, October 24, 2016
• Monday, August 7, 2017
• Monday, January 22, 2018

Release date is when this show is released to NPR stations, here on our website, and to our podcast. Shows are released on a weekly basis; please check your local NPR station listing for the actual airtime in your market. If you'd like, you can visit NPR's "Find Stations" page to look for your station.

Support Provided By

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council

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