NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: San Francisco, California / Show 353

About

From the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, this week’s episode of From the Top features a teenage composer’s beautiful piece that was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece Fallingwater, a young violinist shares how she hasn’t missed a single day of practicing yet, and a classical guitarist performs Bach.

Performers & Repertoire

• Hannah Duncan, 17, violin

  La Gitana by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) with Christopher O’Riley, piano.
• Cameron Akioka, 18, piano

  III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiere from Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29 by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
• Sophia Valenti, 15, viola

  Rhapsodie from Suite Hébraïque by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) with with Christopher O’Riley, piano.
• Nicholas Padmanabhan, 17, guitar

  Prelude and Gigue-Double from Suite in C minor, BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
• Alistair Coleman, 19, composer

  “Images from Fallingwater” by Alistair Coleman (b. 1998).
• Connor Dugas, flute
• Andrew Friedman, clarinet
• Ani Bukujian, violin
• Stephanie Li, cello
• Sohrab Bazargannia, percussion
• Jungeun Kim, piano
• Cameron Akioka, 18, piano

  Concert Etude no. 2 in F minor, "La Leggierezza" by Franz Liszt.

Release Dates

• Monday, May 28, 2018
• Monday, June 10, 2019
• Monday, January 13, 2020

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Support Provided By

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund

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